BOOKER T. WASHINGTON rare "Compromise" Speech Columbia 78 test pressing 1908
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Single-sided, vinyl custom pressing of an original Columbia recording; unpublished. Supposedly only a handful of these were pressed. Recorded Dec. 5, 1908, at the Columbia Phonograph Co. studios, New York, N.Y. Summary:A private recording made by Booker T. Washington in 1908. The African American statesman and educator recreates excerpts of his famous speech later known as "The Atlanta compromise," originally delivered at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta on Sept. 18, 1895, in which he laid out his program for the advancement of his race. Approximately one third of the speech is recorded on this disc, including the line "Cast down your bucket among these people who have, without strikes and labor wars, tilled your fields, cleared your forests, builded your railroads and cities, and brought forth treasures from the bowels of the earth."E condition, light scuffs. Plays cleanly. Check my other auctions for more nice condition classical, personality & dance band 78s! Overseas shipping charges are higher, of course. Good luck!
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