The Purest Kind of a Guy; Joe Hill
date: label: recording date
content: 1942
label: release date
content: 1943
name: label: recording artist
content: Robeson, Paul
label: manufacturer
content: Columbia
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Paul Robeson. side 1: The Purest Kind of a Guy; side 2: Joe Hil (Columbia 17357-D), from the album. <i>Songs of Free Men</i> (Columbia M-534).<br>78 rpm. Both tracks were recorded in 1942. This album was released in 1943.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>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.</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: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Hopper, Sam. Columbia Masterworks 78rpm Album Discographies
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lillian S. Kaplan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0824.25
label: accession number
content: 1988.0824
label: maker number
content: M-534
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0824.25
label: maker number
content: 17357-D
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm