Walking the Last Mile; Don't Forget Me Little Darling: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Parker and Dodd. side 1: Walking the Last Mile; side 2: Don't Forget Me Little Darling (Romeo 5179). 78 rpm. This same coupling was released on other American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.

Romeo Records, a budget label of Cameo Records, was started in 1926. The discs were sold entirely at S.H. Kress and Company stores. In 1929, the Cameo Record Corporation and its subsidiaries, became part of the original merger of record labels that formed the American Record Corporation. Romeo continued to be released through 1938.

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: 1932
• recording artist: Parker and Dodd
• manufacturer: Romeo
• Object Name: sound recording
• Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
• place made: United States
• ID Number: 1996.0320.22539
• accession number: 1996.0320
• catalog number: 1996.0320.22539
• maker number: 5179
• collector/donor number: 10474
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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