Sneak Peek 4/2/2018

Opening of box containing Thomas Edison’s graphophone, the first talking machine to record the human voice on wax, deposited (sealed) at the Smithsonian Institution by Volta Laboratory in 1880-1881.
April 2, 2018, by Marguerite Roby

Opening of Box Containing Thomas Edison's Graphophone

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