DESCRIPTION:
From Border Radio Transcriptions 1939
Track No.1...XET Station Break - Intro - Theme Song.
(0.43) 2...The Wandering Boy
(2.44) 3...I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home
(4.43) 4...In The Highways (Helen - June - Anita).
(6.02) 5...Room For You And Me
(7.38) 6...Cumberland Gap (Sara - Maybelle 2 Guitars).
(8.31) 7...Lonesome Valley.
(10.11) 8...Just Another Broken Heart.
(11.16) 9...Darling We Are Growing Older
(13.17) 10...The Old Texas Trail (Helen - June - Anita).
(14.51) 11...Cowboy's Wild Song To His Herd (Janette).
(16.08) 12...Maple On The Hill.
(18.05) 13...New River Train (Helen).
(19.47) 14...Lover's Lane.
(20.55) 15...My Sweetheart Is A Poor Working Girl (A.P./gt).
(23.13) 16...Waves Of The Sea (Sara & Maybelle 2 Guitars).
(23.54) 17...On The Sea Of Galilee.
(25.26) 18...The Curtains Of Night.
(27.04) 19...Just A Few More Days Of Sorrow.
(29.33) 20...Theme Out & XET Station Break.

Main Picture Shows
L to R Standing
Alvin Pleasant "A.P." Delaney Carter (48)...(1891 - 1960) - Vocals/Guitar
Janette Carter (16)...(1923 - 2006) - Vocals/Guitar/Autoharp
Reverend (Brother) Bill Guild (Announcer)
Sara Dougherty Carter (41)...(1898 - 1979) - Vocals/Guitar/Autoharp
Maybelle Addington Carter (30)...(1909 - 1978) - Vocals/Guitar

L to R Seated
Helen Myrl Carter (12)...(1927 - 1998) - Vocals/Guitar/Autoharp
Ina Anita Carter (6)....(1933 - 1999) - Vocals
Valerie June Carter (10)...(1929 - 2003) - Vocals/Guitar/Autoharp
Not in Photo
Joe Carter (12)...(1927 - 2005)

In The Winter Of 1938/39 The Carter Family Travelled to Texas where they had a twice daily Program on the Border Radio Station XERA (later XERF) in Villa Acuna (Now Ciudad Acuna) MEXICO across the Border from Del Rio,TEXAS...The Transmitter was 500 Kilowatts while the most powerful US Transmitter was 50,000 Watts.
In the 1939/40 Season the Children of A.P. & Sara (Janette & Joe) and those of Maybelle (Helen - June - Anita) joined the group for Radio Performances now in San Antonio TEXAS where the Programs were Pre-Recorded on Transcription Discs and Distributed to Multiple Border Radio Stations...The Children did not Perform on the Group's Records (Only Radio)