Edison phonograph records - 7 wax cylinder phonograph recordings
Date: 1904-1906
Inventory Number: 1996-1-0319b
Classification: Phonograph Records
Subject:
Maker: Columbia Phonograph Company (1891 - 1921)
Maker: U.S. Phonograph Company (fl. 1890 - 1920)
Cultural Region:
Dimensions:
canister: 11.1 × 6.6 × 6.6 cm (4 3/8 × 2 5/8 × 2 5/8 in.)
box: 16.8 × 44 × 34 cm (6 5/8 × 17 5/16 × 13 3/8 in.)
Accessories: headphones; The Conversation Method French [textbook]; The Conversation Method French: Prounouncing Lesson Manual; Note Book
Description:
7 wax cylinder phonograph recordings in cardboard boxes (recordings labeled on lids: "Uncle Jose At A Baseball Game"; DEPARTURE OF A HAMBURG AMERICAN LINER / Columbia Orchestra; LIBERTY BELL MARCH / Band; "Uncle Josh In A Chinese Laundry"; I HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS SAY; NIGHT ALARM / Columbia Orchestra; "Silver Threads Among the Gold").
Signedb (on label): Columbia Phonograph Company
Inscribedb (on label): TALKING MACHINE RECORD / EXTRA LOUD. HIGHSPEED / COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY/MAKERS OF / THE FAMOUS COLUMBIA RECORDS;
(on lid): THE GRAPHOPHONE AND COLUMBIA RECORDS WERE AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION OF 1900 / AND / ST LOUIS EXPOSITION / 1904
(on lid): THE GRAPHOPHONE AND COLUMBIA RECORDS WERE AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION OF 1900 / AND / ST LOUIS EXPOSITION / 1904
FunctionTwo minute recordings to be played on an Edison phonograph. Grooves in the wax cylinders are converted into electrical impulses for the reproduction of sound.
For more information on this type of cylinders, see the following website.
For more information on this type of cylinders, see the following website.
ProvenanceDr. Karl Dubpurnell. Part of a gift that also included an Edison Gem Phonograph (8503) and two phonograph horns (1997-1-0981a,b). Maybe 8506 and 8507 were also part of this gift.