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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

1949

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

An album titled Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, by Paul Robeson, Columbia Masterworks, MM 819. The album contains four LPs, (2011.21.3a-d). 2011.21.3a-d: Four records from the Swing Low, Sweet Chariot set. Each record has a blue Columbia Masterworks label with silver lettering at center. Each label has the songs for that side and the Columbia logo. 2011.21.4e: The album jacket cover is red cardboard with black and white print. The cover depicts a pair of hands reaching towards the top of the cover to a smaller depiction of a church. 2011.4f: The album also contains a paper holder for all four LPs. The paper holder has four sections held together by binding on the proper right edge. Red writing on the cover reads: [Size 10 - Record / Speed - 78].

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Catalog reference: 2011.21.3a-f

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