This set of 3 Antique Edison Gold Moulded Records and Cases- Echo All Over The World appear to be in very good condition. There are no chips or cracks in the records and appear to have no scratches. Each cylinder usually had 2 minutes worth of music. The records are as follows left to right: Instrumental trio "Hero Girls Dream", Pat'd July 29 02 # 1229, Akahi Hoi- Ford Hawaiians #3295 Pat'd 13, Only a Pansy Oakland & Chorus Pat'd 16 #1778. A great collectible for the music and science lover. The cylinders appear to be in great condition and it is unknown if they still play. The case was made for The National Phonograph Company and is printed with 35 cents each.
A little Edison record history follows:
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and known as the Wizard of Menlo Park. Edison's favorite invention was the phonograph. In 1877, he created a way to record sound on tinfoil cylinders by using two needles, one for recording and one for playback. The first words that Edison recorded were "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Ten years later, in 1887, Edison formed the Edison Phonograph Company to sell the phonograph to the public. This marked the beginning of the sound recording industry. The first records sold by the Edison and Columbia Phonograph Companies were on wax cylinders. These were brittle and broke easily. Columbia ceased production of wax cylinders in 1909 when discs became popular. The Edison National Phonograph Company continued making cylinders and discs until 1929. Cylinder records and other recordings made throughout the twentieth century are valuable primary resources. For the first time in political history, candidates in the 1908 presidential election (William Howard Taft, Republican and William Jennings Bryan, Democrat ) recorded speeches that were sold to the public. Theodore Roosevelt also recorded speeches.

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