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ME.320554 accession number 241402 catalog number 320554 Object Name phonograph cylinder phonograph cylinder and box Measurements overall, cylinder: 1 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 5.715 cm overall, box ...
[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… ...
The designers concocted the Edison bottle, a simple glass beer bottle inscribed with music that can be played like a 19th-century phonograph cylinder.
One of the earliest known milestones in recorded history was nestled into an 18-inch doll. Inventor Thomas Edison embedded small phonographs inside the metal torsos of thousands of dolls that ...
Historical impersonator Peter Small will portray Thomas Edison — inventor of the phonograph, motion picture camera and light bulb — in two performances Nov. 19-20, in Chagrin Falls and Beachwood.
It's scratchy, lasts only 78 seconds and features the world's first recorded blooper. The recording was originally made on a Thomas Edison-invented phonograph in St. Louis in 1878.