Museum object · Record Albums
American Beauty Waltz
ca. 1904-1905
Sugg McDonald House, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, United States, North and Central America
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.
A shellac 78-rpm record manufactured by Columbia Phonograph Company. The label, in the center, in silver type, reads: [Columbia Disc Record / Condition of Sale / This record is sold upon the express condition that it shall not be copied or duplicated and that the full right of property or possession reverts to the Columbia Phonograph Co. upon violation of this condition. / Columbia Phonograph Co. / New York / London / Grand Prize / Paris, 1900 / American Beauty Waltz / With Trombone Solo / Columbia Band / No. 1131 / Patented May 4, 1886, and December 10, 1901]. The label has some wear. The back of the record has some bubbling.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2014.316.4.17
