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A Flower from My Angel Mother's Grave; Picture on the Wall

Catalog Data

Recording artist:
McGhee, John  Search this
Welling, Frank  Search this
Manufacturer:
Supertone  Search this
Physical Description:
shellac (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
Object Name:
sound recording
Place made:
United States
Recording date:
1930
Description:
<p>Harper Family Trio. side 1: A Flower from My Angel Mother's Grave; side 2: Picture on the Wall (Supertone 9649)<br>78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1920 and initially released on Gennett 7316. Side 2 was recorded in 1930 and initially released on Gennett 7185.</p>
<p>Harper Family Trio is a pseudonym on Supertone for John and Alma McGhee and Frank Welling.</p>
<p>Supertone Records was a record label sold by the Sears-Roebuck Company in their stores and through mail-order. The first pressings of Supertone were made by the Fletcher Record Company and then Bridgeport Die and Machine Company in 1924. Within a year, Sears discontinued the label. Supertone was produced by Straus and Schram from 1925 to 1928 after Sears failed to register the Supertone brand name. In 1928, Sears regained the brand name and sold records produced by Gennett records until 1930. The Brunswick Radio Corporation produced the last of the Supertone records through 1931.</p>
Location:
Currently not on view
Related Publication:
Russell, Tony. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942
ID Number:
1996.0320.17337
Label number:
9649
Catalog number:
1996.0320.17337
Accession number:
1996.0320
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-0737-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1321306