ALBUM, RECORD

Description: 1. DUSTCOVER - CARDBOARD. ON FRONT IS A PICTURE OF GENE AUTRY, AND SANTA AND HIS REINDEER. IT READS "THE ORIGINAL: GENE AUTRY SINGS RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER", AND LISTS SONGS. BACK OF COVER READS "GRAND PRIX RECORDS", AND GIVES INFO. ON OTHER RECORDS. BACK OF COVER HAS A BORDER MADE UP OF BLACK HOLLIES. 2. RECORD - BLACK VINYL, WITH A BLACK AND WHITE LABEL ON EACH SIDE. LABELS READ AT TOP "THE GRAND PRIX SERIES" AND AT BOTTOM "PICKWICK INTERNATIONAL INC LONG PLAYING UNBREAKABLE" IN BLUE.

History: RECORDS AND 8-TRACKS IN COLLECTION WERE DONATED ALONG WITH A CABINET RECORD/8-TRACK PLAYER THAT WAS ACCEPTED BY MUSEUM AS AN EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION. COLLECTION BELONGED TO VERNA BROWN, WHO BOUGHT THE PLAYER IN 1971 IN TABER, SURROUNDING AREA. THE PLAYER WAS USED UNTIL VERNA MOVED TO A SENIORS LODGE JANUARY 2000. THE PLAYER WAS PURCHASED WITH FUNDS FROM VERNA'S MOTHERS ESTATE AFTER HER PASSING IN JANUARY 1971. MOTHER ARRIVED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA IN 1915.