Celeste Aida
date: label: recording date
content: 1902
label: recording date
content: 1957
name: label: recording artist
content: Caruso, Enrico
label: manufacturer
content: Victor
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Enrico Caruso. Celesta Aida (Victor 91007).<br>78 rpm. single-faced record. There is a typed label:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>While 'dated' from the modern point of view, this record marked a major development in the history of the phonograph. This and other early Caruso recordings were sensational at the time they were issued and were an important factor in the general acceptance of recorded music. They are dramatic evidence of the improvement which has been made in recorded music. Caruso died before electric recording was available</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This is a special pressing from the original recording. It was part of a 12-record set in a red album labeled <i>Contemporary Victor Records.</i> The set was compiled for the Research Library of the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, D. C. by RCA Victor, May 27th, 1957.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The records in this album were selected to demonstrate, in connection with Victrola models V-II, VV-XI and 8-30, the progressive development of recorded music prior to 1926.</p>
label: Description
content: .
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Camden
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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: Discography of American Historical Recordings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0613.086
label: accession number
content: 1985.0613
label: maker number
content: 19783
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0613.086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: vinyl (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in; 30.48 cm