The Freight Wreck At Altoona; Mother's Grave
date: label: recording date
content: 1926
label: recording date
content: 1925
name: label: recording artist
content: Dalhart, Vernon
label: manufacturer
content: Conqueror
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Vernon Dalhart. side 1: The Freight Wreck At Altoona; side 2: Mother's Grave (Conqueror 7070).<br>78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1926. Side 2 was recorded in 1925. Both tracks were initally released on various Plaza Music Company labels.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Conqueror Records was a budget record label sold by the Sears-Roebuck Company in their stores and through mail-order. Most of the recordings originated from the Plaza Music Company, with some only appearing on Conqueror. The label was active from 1928 to 1942.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Plaza Music Company was formed in New York City with the Banner Record label, in 1922. The company acquired several smaller labels in the 1920s including Domino, Jewel, Oriole, and Regal. In 1929, the Plaza Music Company, Cameo Record Corporation, and Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation merged into the American Record Corporation (ARC). Plaza began a single matrix series for all of its labels in 1923, beginning with 5000. ARC would continue using this system after the merger.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Russell, Tony. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0320.14439
label: collector/donor number
content: 12800
label: maker number
content: 7070
label: accession number
content: 1996.0320
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0320.14439
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm