100 WLS Barn Dance Favorites

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Object Details

publisher

M. M. Cole Publishing Co.

Description

This song book 100 WLS Barn Dance Favorites, was published by M. M. Cole Publishing Co. in Chicago, Illinois in 1935. It contains 100 songs featured on National Barn Dance programs on WLS radio in Chicago, Illinois. WLS or “World’s Largest Store” radio was founded by Sears, Roebuck and Company in 1924. National Barn Dance continued it’s programming through the late 1960s.

publishing date

1935

ID Number

2013.0232.01

accession number

2013.0232

catalog number

2013.0232.01

Object Name

song book

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 11 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in; 29.845 cm x 22.225 cm

place made

United States: Illinois, Chicago

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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment

Popular Entertainment

Music & Musical Instruments

Exhibition

Entertainment Nation

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

Data Source