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Description
Brown wax cylinder. Inscription on lid: "Josefa Wimm[er] und M Fuchs Stifmutter"; Inscription on box: "Josefa Wimm / Stiefmutter." Place of recording likely Austria. Josef and Josefa Wimmer. Female speaks, followed by male with oral signature: "Josef und Josefa Wimmer, am neunzehnten November neunzehnhundertzwlf." Then man sings song about John the Baptist ("Heiliger Johannes"). Also available online via the Internet. Spoken and sung in German. The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Florian Fuchs Collection, Set Number: 141-14, Originally acquired: Jim Ross, c. 2010).
Type
sound
Format
Audio Audio cylinder Electronic resource
Extent
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 155.8 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
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