While The Band Is Playing Dixie: Museum Object and Cultural History
While The Band Is Playing Dixie: Date: ca. 1901-1902. Recorded by: John Scantlebury Macdonald, Canadian, 1871 - 1931. Manufactured by: Victor Talking Machine Company, 1901 - 1929.
The object in the museum catalogue
A shellac 78-rpm record manufactured by the Victor Talking Machine Company. The label in the center, in gold reads: [Victor Record] Followed by text that is too worn to read. The bottom half of the label reads: [While The Band Is Playing Dixie / By / Harry Macdonough / A-654]. The label has a lot of wear and has started to show through the back of the record.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1901-1902
- Recorded by: John Scantlebury Macdonald, Canadian, 1871 - 1931
- Manufactured by: Victor Talking Machine Company, 1901 - 1929
- Owned by: Vernon Sugg McDonald, American, 1906 - 1982
- Owned by: Mary Elizabeth Sugg, American, 1839 - 1915
- Type: 78 rpm records
- Medium: shellac
- Dimensions: Diameter: 7 × 1/8 in. (17.8 × 0.3 cm)
- Place collected: Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Black interiors
- Topic: Country (Music)
- Object number: 2014.316.4.16
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bob and Sherri Brennan in memory of Vernon Sugg McDonald
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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