January 16 – The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition, goes into effect in the United States.January 15 – The Boston Molasses Disaster: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, killing 21 and injuring 150.January 6 – Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, dies in his sleep at the age of 60.January 1 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company.To return to the top of this section click here "The Alcoholic Blues" by the Louisiana Five."The Moon Shines on the Moonshine" by Bert Williams."I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" by Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra."A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" by John Steel."You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet" by Al Jolson."Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band.Made ofĬheap red gum wood, the B-19 was sold at a loss to get customers to buy The Edison B-19 Chalet was manufactured from 1919 to 1922. Phonograph was sold at a loss so that the market for Diamond Disks would The B-19 was sold for $95 for several years in the Edison Catalog. Model in favor of the more profitable larger phonographs. Perhaps because Edison instructed his dealers to discourage sales of this The Chalet was the only Gumwood phonographĮdison wanted his dealers to sell the more profitable larger models,įor some reason, however, these improved table models are scarce today, The cabinet of the Chalet is made of Gumwood Motor which was then used in upright models. Phonographs the line included table models. Experimental recordings document research carried out at the Edison Laboratory to develop recorded sound technology.When Edison introduced the New Edison Phonograph or Diamond Disc Spoken word recordings include vaudeville comedy sketches, documentary speeches, educational lessons, and motion picture soundtracks. The content of the recordings is mostly music, covering many different genres popular in the United States during Edison's era. We have compiled a selection of Edison recordings from the Thomas Edison National Historical Park archive in MP3 format, arranged (below) by genre. Record production continued until 1929, when Edison left the entertainment phonograph business due to declining sales. Edison, Incorporated introduced the Edison Diamond Disc record. Edison merged the National Phonograph Company with several of his other companies in 1911 to form Thomas A. During 1896-1897, Edison organized the National Phonograph Company and began mass-producing cylinder recordings of music and entertainment. At West Orange, New Jersey in 1888, he developed a solid wax cylinder record. Thomas Edison made his first sound recordings on sheets of tinfoil at Menlo Park, New Jersey in 1877. Follow the genre links (below) to hear the MP3s:
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