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Edison Tin Foil Sound Recording

Maker unknown

Surviving strip of tinfoil recorded on an Edison phonograph; sound was recovered from it by researchers in 2013.

Date
c. 1878
Collection
National Museum of American History
Reference
ME.308131

Plate not recorded
No photograph with documented reuse rights is held for this record.

Record

Medium
Tinfoil
Origin
United States
Owner
Smithsonian Institution

In the Tapestry

Associated with
Thomas EdisonA

Provenance and history

  1. c. 1878

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A

    americanhistory.si.edu

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