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Description
Announcement at beginning: "Swanee River, played by Henry Van Hoevenberg." Brown wax cylinder. Place of recording likely the United States. Henry Van Hoevenberg. Violin solo played over much slower palimpsest commercial recording of band music, announced "Columbia Phonograph Company of New York and Paris." Henry Van Hoevenberg, Sr. ("Mr. Van," 1849-1918) was a well-known Adirondack pioneer and telegraphic inventor; his obituary (Lake Placid News, March 1, 1918, p. 5) states that he used to entertain his guests "at Vanguard with the phonograph to which his ingenuity had added numerous refinements." Also available online via the Internet. Sung in English. The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Set Number: 238-01).
Type
sound
Format
Audio Audio cylinder Electronic resource
Extent
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 155.5 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
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