<I>Ballad For Americans</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1940
name: label: Recorded by
content: Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976
label: Created by
content: John La Touche, American, 1914 - 1956
label: Created by
content: Earl Robinson, American, 1910 - 1991
notes: label: Description
content: Two vinyl records (2012.65ab) encased in paper inside housing. The cover (2012.65c) is blue with a red binding and reads: [Ballad for Americans, Paul Robeson, Bass] in black letters over a red and white striped feature surrounding a black and white photograph of Robeson. The inside cover has three photographs and information about the Ballad for Americans. The back cover continues information about the making of Ballad for Americans and provides two more photographs. Both records have Victor labels with track information, manufacturing information, and the Victor logo.
place: label: Place made
content: Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Folk (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Record Albums
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Deborah Spiliotopoulos
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.65abc
objectType: label: Type
content: record covers
label: Type
content: 78 rpm records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: shellac with ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (2012.65a): 10 in. (25.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (2012.65b): 10 in. (25.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2012.65c): 10 1/2 × 12 × 3/4 in. (26.7 × 30.5 × 1.9 cm)