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Title:

When grandma was a girl

Performer(s):

Ada Jones.

Issue Number/Label:

55: Edison Amberol

Year of Release:

[1908]

Audio:

Stream cylinder 2749: Download: MP3 file (2-4 MB) (Usage info)

Note:

Edison Amberol: 55.

Note:

Year of release from "The Edison Phonograph Monthly," v.6 (1908).

Note:

Contralto solo with orchestra accompaniment.

Personal Name:

Goetz, E. Ray, b. 1886.

Personal Name:

Jones, Ada.

Subject:

Popular music--1901-1910.

Original Item Location:

Special Coll., Performing Arts - Cylinder 2749

An initiative of the UC Santa Barbara Library • (805) 893-5444 • Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010. [Envelope]

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