Peter Gray; Sweet Betsy from Pike / On Top of Old Smoky
date: label: recording date
content: 1941
label: release date
content: 1944
name: label: recording artist
content: Ives, Burl
label: manufacturer
content: Columbia
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Burl Ives. side 1: Peter Gray; side 2: Swet Betsy from Pike [track 1] On Top of Old Smoke [track 2] (Columbia 36735), from the album, <i>The Wayfaring Stranger</i> (Columbia C 103).<br>78 rpm. Both tracks were recorded in 1941. This album was released in 1944.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Jim (James) Flora (1914-1998) created the cover art for this album. Flora was a successful commercial illustrator during the 1940s-1970s as well as an author and illustrator for children’s books. He was best known for his unique and quirky album cover art for RCA Victor and Columbia during the 1940s and 1950s. Flora created numerous paintings, drawings, etchings, and sketches throughout his prolific career.</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: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Sound Recordings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Abrams, Steven. 78 rpm Discographical Project
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0320.05149
label: maker number
content: 36735
label: maker number
content: C 103
label: accession number
content: 1996.0320
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0320.05149
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: papr (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm