I Want To Learn To Speak Hawaiian; Leis For Sale (The Lei Vendor's Song)

Description:

Lani McGinty's Hawaiians. side 1: I Want To Learn To Speak Hawaiian; side 2: Leis For Sale (The Lei Vendor's Song) (Perfect 5-11-19).
78 rpm. This coupling was released on other American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.

Perfect Records was an American budget record label founded in by Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation, in 1922. Perfect and Pathé became part of the original merger of record labels that formed the American Record Corporation, in 1929. Perfect was discontinued in 1938.

In 1929, the American Record Corporation (ARC) was established with the merger of three companies. These were the Cameo Record Corporation (which owned Cameo, Lincoln and Romeo Records), the Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation (which owned Actuelle, Pathé, and Perfect), and the Plaza Music Company (which owned Banner, Domino, Jewel, Oriole, and Regal).

Recording Date: 1935

Recording Artist: Lani McGinty's HawaiiansManufacturer: Perfect

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

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Related Publication: Abrams, Steven. 78 rpm Discographical Project

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1996.0320.21071Accession Number: 1996.0320Catalog Number: 1996.0320.21071Label Number: 5-11-19

Object Name: sound recording

Physical Description: shellac (overall material)Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-74ef-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1331406

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