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Hearing the Americas

Advertisement for John McCormack's Recordings

Catalog advertisement

Title

Description

This advertisement for John McCormack's record "That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone" reveals how Victor Records capitalized on Irish immigrants' nostalgia for their homeland.

Date

1920

Source

Library of Congress American Folklife Center,

Ethnic recordings in America: a neglected heritage

Type

Catalog advertisement

This advertisement for John McCormack's record "That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone" reveals how Victor Records capitalized on Irish immigrants' nostalgia for their homeland.