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Description
Brown wax cylinder. Place of recording likely the United States. Performers names not given or decipherable. Divot at beginning, portion not transferred. Men sing "Break the News to Mother"; then man says something like "That's Pop and Ellie"; then women sing another song. Woman recites "There was a little girl who had a little curl." Also available online via the Internet. Sung in English. The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Set Number: 286-09, Originally acquired: Bill Kocher, 2012).
Type
sound
Format
Audio Audio cylinder Electronic resource
Extent
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 184.6 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
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