Wisconsin Yarns radio play dramatizing the shipwreck of the Lady Elgin in 1860. The Lady Elgin was an excursion ship that once traveled between Milwaukee and Chicago.
[Label transcription] (Part 1, copy 1) TITLE: Lost on the Lady Elgin; SERIES: Series 1 Pgm. 4 Wisconsin Yarns; PART: 1 of 2; ARTIST: Narrator: Robert E. Gard; PRODUCER: Gerald Bartell; WRITER: Robert E. Gard; DATE: 2/18/46 (Part 2, copy 1) TITLE: Lost on the Lady Elgin; SERIES: Series 1 Pgm. 4 Wisconsin Yarns; PART: 2 of 2; ARTIST: Narrator: Robert E. Gard; PRODUCER: Gerald Bartell; WRITER: Robert E. Gard; DATE: 2/18/46 (Part 1, copy 2) [Label contains info for Marbert the Mad Muskellunge but it says "other side" in handwriting. Actual content is Lost on the Lady Elgin, Part 1] (Part 2, copy 2) TITLE: Lost on the Lady Elgin; SERIES: Wisconsin Yarns; PERFORMER: Robert Gard; PRODUCER: Gerald Bartell; WRITER: Robert Gard (Part 1, copy 3) TITLE: "Lost of the Lady Elgin"; SERIES: Wisconsin Yarns; LENGTH: Approx. 30 min.; FILE NO.: PR-185; OUTSIDE: X; SPEED: 33 1/3 R.P.M.; PERFORMER: Robert E. Gard; PRODUCER: Gerald Bartell; DATE: 2/18/49 (Part 2, copy 3) TITLE: "Lost on the Lady Elgin"; SERIES: Wisconsin Yarns; PART: 2 of 2; LENGTH: Approx. 30 min.; FILE NO.: PR-185; OUTSIDE: X; SPEED: 33 1/3; PERFORMER: Robert E. Gard; PRODUCER: Gerald Bartell; (Poor condition); DATE: 2/18/49
[Transfer notes] (Part 1, copy 2) Some audible echo on disc. Clipping at pops due to debris on disc. (Part 2, copy 2) Heavy hiss throughout (Part 2, copy 2) Content clips during loud pops. (Part 1, copy 3) This side starts, then stops, then begins again. (Part 2, copy 3) A lot of noise due to palmitic acid even after 2 cleanings