From Border To Border; Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don
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Object Details
- recording artist
- Robeson, Paul
- manufacturer
- Columbia
- Description (Brief)
Paul Robeson. side 1: From Border To Border; side 2: Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don (Columbia 17356-D), from the album, Songs of Free Men (Columbia M-534).
78 rpm. Both tracks were recorded in 1942. This album was released in 1943.The cover art for this album was made by Alex Steinweiss. Alexander “Alex” Steinweiss (1917-2011) was an American artist and graphic designer. He was the first art director of Columbia Records, expanding the use of album covers and cover art. Steinweiss created album cover art from 1938 to 1973.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lillian S. Kaplan
- recording date
- 1942
- release date
- 1943
- ID Number
- 1988.0824.26
- accession number
- 1988.0824
- maker number
- M-534
- catalog number
- 1988.0824.26
- maker number
- 17356-D
- Object Name
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- shellac (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made
- United States
- Related Publication
- Hopper, Sam. Columbia Masterworks 78rpm Album Discographies
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- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_683856
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-ee8a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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