Thomas Alva Edison's first Phonograph (1878). In this model the cylinder on which the sound was recorded had to be rotated by hand. Instrument in recording mode. The horn fitted for playing back recording is on right. From cigarette card published 1915. Chromolithograph

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Thomas Alva Edison's first Phonograph (1878). In this model the cylinder on which the sound was recorded had to be rotated by hand. Instrument in recording mode. The horn fitted for playing back recording is on right. From cigarette card published 1915. Chromolithograph

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