The West Plains Explosion; The Hanging of Charles Birger
date: label: recording date
content: 1928
name: label: recording artist
content: Dalhart, Vernon
label: manufacturer
content: Conqueror
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Vernon Dalhart. side 1: The West Plains Explosion; side 2: The Hanging of Charles Birger (Conqueror 7177).<br>78 rpm. This same coupling was 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 and later the American Record Corporation (ARC) and Vocalion/Okeh, with some only appearing on Conqueror. The label was active from 1928 to 1942.</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: 1996.0320.14743
label: collector/donor number
content: 1386
label: maker number
content: 7177
label: accession number
content: 1996.0320
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0320.14743
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