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smithsonianmag: Sound Recordings Heard for the First Time Ever Pioneers Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and Emile Berliner donated the recordings and other documentation to the Smithsonian in the late 19th century. Using equipment housed at the Library of Congress, those recordings are able to be heard for the first time.

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Sound Recordings Heard for the First Time Ever

Pioneers Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and Emile Berliner donated the recordings and other documentation to the Smithsonian in the late 19th century. Using equipment housed at the Library of Congress, those recordings are able to be heard for the first time.

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  1. experimentaltimeorder reblogged this from the-rx and added:
    the birth of modern day sound recording (though Iā€™m sure the ancients probably recorded long ago, now lost to us)
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  3. dinosaur-renaissance reblogged this from oxane and added:
    This is so cool.
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  16. melaniegarza reblogged this from fuckyeahwordsonmusic and added:
    yeah, this was pretty cool.
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    Early Sound Recordings
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