It sounds primitive today, but a century ago Thomas A. Edison’s cylinder phonograph was close to the state of the art. The Niagara County Historical Society received a good-as-new 1906 ...

[Jan Derogee] pulled out his phonograph the other day to hear the 100+ year old wax cylinder warble of “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary”, but couldn’t locate the reproducer &#8… ...

Thanks to Thomas Edison’s invention of the phonograph, we can enjoy music history denied to past generations. Edison patented the phonograph – just one of his countless inventions – on February 19, ...

Within a few short years, the cylinder phonograph was obsolete. Edison went on to achieve remarkable things in other fields, including such diverse categories as ore milling and motion pictures.

Peterson’s foyer holds a selectable multi-cylinder phonograph--a precursor to the jukebox--built between 1905 and 1908. Another machine was designed to play 12 records, one after another.

Thomas Edison invented the phonograph on August 12, 1877. It "will undoubtedly be liberally devoted to music," Edison predicted with stunning accuracy in 1878.

Object Details Description (Brief) In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the first device to ever record and play back sound. Speaking into a mouthpiece caused a metal stylus attached to a diaphragm to move ...

Object Details Description This example of an Edison talking doll has a ceramic head, a metal body, and articulated limbs made from painted wood. Inside the torso is mounted a tiny phonograph bearing ...