Glass Disc
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This is a glass disc recording, produced photographically on March 11, 1885. This disc contains a male voice saying names, the recording date, and “Mary had a little lamb” repeated twice. A video including transcription is available courtesy of SmithsonianAmHistory on Youtube. (Photo courtesy of Richard Strauss, Smithsonian. This image is public domain.)
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Glass Disc
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A photograph of a "glass disc," an early type of audio recording, made in the 1880s.
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This is a glass disc recording, produced photographically on March 11, 1885. This disc contains a male voice saying names, the recording date, and “Mary had a little lamb” repeated twice. A video including transcription is available courtesy of SmithsonianAmHistory on Youtube. (Photo courtesy of Richard Strauss, Smithsonian. This image is public domain.)
Credit:
From the National Museum of American History. The photograph is of an item contained in their collections, and is in the public domain.
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