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Photographer: Public Domain, via Discogs
Taken: 1925
Caption:
“Wreck of the Old 97” — Vernon Dalhart | Additional Description: RCA Victor record label for a “Mountaineer’s Song with harmonica and guitar.” No. 19427 side A. The first recording to sell more than a million copies in the United States alone. The first “platinum” record.
Submitted: March 20, 2024, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p780010
File Size: 0.094 Megabytes
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