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    The Unappreciated Joke (1903)
    Film

    The Unappreciated Joke (1903)

    The Great Train Robbery (1903)
    Film

    The Great Train Robbery (1903)

    Houdini on his Water Torture Cell (1914)
    Audio

    Houdini on his Water Torture Cell (1914)

    Trapeze Disrobing Act (1901)
    Film

    Trapeze Disrobing Act (1901)

    Excerpt from Handel’s Israel in Egypt (1888)
    Audio / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Excerpt from Handel’s Israel in Egypt (1888)

    Buffalo Dance (1894)
    Film / 
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    Buffalo Dance (1894)

    Santa Claus Proves There is a Santa Claus (1925)
    Audio

    Santa Claus Proves There is a Santa Claus (1925)

    The Night Before Christmas (1905)
    Film / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Night Before Christmas (1905)

    Edison reading Mary Had a Little Lamb (1927)
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    Edison reading Mary Had a Little Lamb (1927)

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    Animals & Beasts

    Dog Factory (1904)

    Around the World on the Phonograph (1888)
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    Around the World on the Phonograph (1888)

    Horse Drawn Fire Engines (1896)
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    Horse Drawn Fire Engines (1896)

    The Telephonoscope (1879)
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    Technology, The Future, Communication

    The Telephonoscope (1879)

    I Am The Edison Phonograph (1906)
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    I Am The Edison Phonograph (1906)

    The Burning Stable (1896)
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    The Burning Stable (1896)

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    Inventing the Recording

    Inventing the Recording

    By Eva Moreda Rodríguez

    Eva Moreda Rodríguez on the formative years of the recording industry, focusing on the culture surrounding the gabinetes fonográficos of fin-de-siècle Spain. more

    12 Jul 2017
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