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Title
[Black wax home recording of man and woman reminiscing in German]
Contributor
Fuchs, Johann
Date Created and/or Issued
1912
Contributing Institution
UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Collection
Cylinder Audio Archive
Rights Information
copyright unknown
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Description
1907 patent black wax cylinder.
Inscription on lid and box, not yet deciphered, although first word on lid appears to be "Vater."
Place of recording likely Austria.
Johann Fuchs.
Male speech, beginning: "Vor funfundzwanzig Jahren lie ich deinen Gemahl Florian nach Amerika reisen"; oral signature: "Johann Fuchs, gesagt am neunzehnten November tausendneunhundertzwlfe, gelobt sei Jesus Christi." Followed by female speech.
Also available online via the Internet.
Spoken in German.
The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Florian Fuchs Collection, Set Number: 141-03, Originally acquired: Jim Ross, c. 2010).
Type
sound
Format
Audio
Audio cylinder
Electronic resource
Extent
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 165.6 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
Identifier
(OCoLC)881048914
Language
German
Subject
Personal recordings

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