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Sound recordings -- Social aspects.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Great Day, 1948

 Item
Identifier: 2006.003.1.1.48
Scope and Contents

Cardboard phonodisc with illustrations. Side A features the song title, cameo photo of an unidentified man, and cartoon images overlaying a photo of a large group of men and women. Side B features the text "It's the same, same merry-go-round which one will you ride this year? The donkey is tired and thin the elephant thinks he'll move in, they all yell and fuss but tyhey ain't foolin' us 'cause they're brothers right under the skin" along with cartoon images of elephants and donkeys.

Dates: 1948

Progressive Party, Undated

 Item
Identifier: 2006.003.1.2.21
Scope and Contents

List of recordings on key Party issues for sound trucks and canvassers with prices and ordering information. Recordings offered consisted of 10 inch and 78 rpm records, some of which were of the unbreakable cardboard variety. Topics included red-baiting, Jim Crow protest, FDR tribute, atomic destruction, high cost of living, un-American investigations, and topical union struggles.AA A small selection of recorded speeches/readings were also available.

Dates: Publication: Undated