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Description
Brown wax cylinder. List accompanying cylinder case: "(71) Daddy - Nov. 30, 1898. Wed." Frank Lawrence Embree. Male speech: "Hello, Mister Graphophone, very much obliged to you...."; second segment begins: "Uh, hello, Mister Graphophone, this is November thirtieth eighteen hundred and ninety eight, Wednesday. Tomorrow we're all going to New York, and we're leaving you in charge of Ben Waller [?] and his wife," etc. Another segment begins recorded partially over the preceding one, with oral signature "Frank Embree." Refers to Charles Bradford and Tom King of "Number Four," a nickname for Charlestown, New Hampshire. Also available online via the Internet. Sung in English. The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Frank Lawrence Embree Collection, Set Number: 294-33, Originally acquired: The Musical Wonder House Collection, 2011).
Type
sound
Format
Audio Audio cylinder Electronic resource
Extent
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 125.0 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
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