Signed(on label): The U.S. Phonograph Co.
Inscribed(on label): THE U.S. EVERLASTING RECORD / FITS ALL CYLINDER MACHINES / MADE BY / THE U.S. PHONOGRAPH Co. / CLEVELAND OHIO USA. / PATENTED DEC 11th 1906;
(on lid): 2 MIN / U.S. EVERLASTING NON-BREAKABLE RECORD
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.
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.