'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered; Two Little Girls Loved One Little Boy: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Parsons and Kent. side 1: 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered; side 2: Two Little Girls Loved One Little Boy (Broadway 4091). 78 rpm. Both tracks were recorded in 1930 and released on various American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.

Parsons and Kent are pseusonyms on Broadway for Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner.

Broadway Records was a record label formed in the 1920s and manufactured by the Bridgeport Die and Machine Company in Connecticut. The early Broadway issues were from Paramount Records masters. Beginning in 1924, Broadway issued records from Emerson and Banner masters. From 1925 to 1930, Broadway issues were predominately from Banner masters, a label of the Plaza Music Company.

In 1929, the American Record Corporation (ARC) was established with the merger of three companies. These were the Cameo Record Corporation (which owned Cameo, Lincoln and Romeo Records), the Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation (which owned Actuelle, Pathé, and Perfect), and the Plaza Music Company (which owned Banner, Domino, Jewel, Oriole, and Regal).

Materials, dates and provenance

• recording date: 1930
• recording artist: Parsons and Kent
• recording artist: Gardner, Robert A.
• recording artist: McFarland, Lester
• manufacturer: Broadway
• Object Name: sound recording
• Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
• place made: United States
• ID Number: 1996.0320.22566
• accession number: 1996.0320
• catalog number: 1996.0320.22566
• maker number: 4091
• collector/donor number: 15960
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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