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Description
Channel rim brown wax cylinder. Performer not given. Man speaks in English ("this is the first time I've ever spoken into a gramophone"), sings "Once in the window of a ham and beef shop" from The Girls of Gottenburg (1907), and whistles. Then man speaks in Afrikaans. The addressee in both segments may be "Mister Steytler." Also available online via the Internet. Sung and spoken in English Afrikaans. The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Set Number: 197-01, Originally acquired: Don Hill Collection, c.2000).
Type
sound
Format
Audio Audio cylinder Electronic resource
Extent
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 127.9 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
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