Gramaphone record
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
circa 1920 - circa 1930
Materials
Shellac, cardboard and printing ink
Measurements
Cards and Album -153 mm (min. width); 207 mm (max. width); 128 mm (min. height); 200 mm (max. height), Records - 175 mm (diameter)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661937
Summary
A green-blue cardboard record album containing three faded green paper record sleeves. On the front cover is pasted a colour printed illustration of a king sitting on a throne outside his castle walls. In his right hand he holds a pipe and in his left a bowl. On his bald head he wears a crown. To the right are three elves, wearing yellow stockings, blue outfits with white collars, blue shoes and red hats. All three are playing violins. Inside the paper record sleeves are four records as follows – Humpty Dumpty, Little Miss Muffet, The House that Jack Built, Old King Cole, Jack and Jill, Rock-a-bye Baby and Sing a Song of Sixpence. There are also six cards with the words to the rhyme or song printed on one side and a corresponding colour printed illustration on the other as follows - Sing a Song of Sixpence, Little Bo-Peep, Old King Cole, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Jack and Jill and Rock-a-Bye Baby Total number of items is 11.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Muriel C. Currie MBE in July 1987.
Marks and inscriptions
Front cover of album: LITTLE TOTS' RECORDS/ SONGS GAMES STORIES FOR KIDDIES/ No.1 THE MERRY SONG BOOK