Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Sounds of my Grandparents Era
Stephen Foster Melodies recorded by the Victor Salon Group on July 1928, Conducted by Nathaniel Shikret. Victrola 78 RPM Record No. 9247-A played on a Victrola Talking Machine with a Tungs-Tone Stylus..
Tracklist
A-1 Nelly Was A Lady
A-2 Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair
A-3 Oh! Susannah
A-4 Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Videography by Dane C. Sorensen
There are probably far better sounding recordings of this, but this video gives you an idea what an average persons in the 1920s would have been able to listen to on their home talking machine. This record belonged to my Grandparents - Frederick and Genevieve Robertson.
Sounds of my Grandparents Era
Stephen Foster Melodies recorded by the Victor Salon Group on July 1928, Conducted by Nathaniel Shikret. Victrola 78 RPM Record No. 9247-A played on a Victrola Talking Machine with a Tungs-Tone Stylus..
Tracklist
A-1 Nelly Was A Lady
A-2 Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair
A-3 Oh! Susannah
A-4 Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Videography by Dane C. Sorensen
There are probably far better sounding recordings of this, but this video gives you an idea what an average persons in the 1920s would have been able to listen to on their home talking machine. This record belonged to my Grandparents - Frederick and Genevieve Robertson.
