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Object Name |
Record, Phonograph |
Date |
ca. 1938 |
Title |
Edwin Markham, The Man with the Hoe |
Description |
Set of three record albums, tan cover, black binding. Front cover has a black and white photograph of Edwin Markham, the author of the poems, and a printed inscription in gold: "EDWIN MARKHAM / THE MAN WITH THE HOE / and other poems / a TIMELY recording." Inside the cover is an inscription which appears to be printed: "The Meaning of the Hoe-man. / As I looked at Millet's The Man with the / Hoe, I realized as I looked that I was gazing on no / mere man of the fields; but was looking on a / plundered peasant, typifying the millions / left over as the debris from the thousand wars / of the masters, and from their long industrial / oppressions extending over the ages. / This Hoe-man might be a stooped consumptive / toiler in a New York sweat shop; a man / with a pick, spending nearly all his days under / ground in a West Virginia coal mine; a man / with a labor-broken body carrying a hod / in a London street; a boatman with strained / arms and aching back rowing for hours / against the heavy tide of the Volga." Below this is an autograph: "Your friend, / Edwin Markham." On the back of the inside cover, there is a sticker with printed inscription: "TIMELY / TO CHECK THE SPEED OF YOUR / PHONOGRAPH / Watch the dots on the border of the / label as the disc revolves, using a Neon / Lamp for 60 cycle current (A.C.). / If the speed is correct the dots will / remain stationary. / TIMELY RECORDS, Inc. / 1600 Broadway, N.Y.C." |
Acquisition |
Gift of Frank Holden |
Ownership and History |
American poet Charles Edwin Anson Markham (1852-1940) was born in Oregon and spent the early part of his career in California. In 1901 he moved to Staten Island, and he remained a Staten Island resident until his death in 1940. Markham is best known for his poem "The Man with the Hoe," which was first published in 1899. The poem was a protest against the exploitation of poor laborers, and it was inspired by Jean-Francois Millet's painting "L'homme à la houe" (The Man with the Hoe). The inscription on the inside front cover is part of Markham's reflections on writing "The Man with the Hoe." |
Earliest Date |
1935 |
Latest Date |
1940 |
Maker |
Timely Records, Inc. |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Sound Communication T&E |
Associated People |
Markham, Edwin |
Catalog Number |
05.006.0001 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, February 2014. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |