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      • [Brown wax home recording in which F. L. Embree entrusts his graphophone to Ben Waller (?) for the winter, November 30, 1898].

[Brown wax home recording in which F. L. Embree entrusts his graphophone to Ben Waller (?) for the winter, November 30, 1898].

Cylinder13294

Performer:
Embree, Frank Lawrence
Place of Publication:
[United States],
Issued Date:
1898
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

Frank Lawrence Embree.

List accompanying cylinder case: "(71) Daddy - Nov. 30, 1898. Wed."

Brown wax cylinder.

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Frank Lawrence Embree Collection, Set Number: 294-33, Originally acquired: The Musical Wonder House Collection, 2011).

Description:

Male speech: "Hello, Mister Graphophone, very much obliged to you...."; second segment begins: "Uh, hello, Mister Graphophone, this is November thirtieth eighteen hundred and ninety eight, Wednesday. Tomorrow we're all going to New York, and we're leaving you in charge of Ben Waller [?] and his wife," etc. Another segment begins recorded partially over the preceding one, with oral signature "Frank Embree." Refers to Charles Bradford and Tom King of "Number Four," a nickname for Charlestown, New Hampshire.

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 125.0 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
Format:
Audio musical
Collection(s):
Cylinder Audio Archive
Library Location:
Department of Special Research Collections
ARK:
ark:/48907/f30g3jk0
Catalog System Number:
990041103330203776
Copyright Holder:
University of California (System). Regents
Restrictions:

MP3 files of the restored cylinders available for download are copyrighted by the Regents of the University of California. They are licensed for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License. Acknowledgments for reuse of the transfers should read "University of California, Santa Barbara Library." The original wav files (either unedited or restored) can be provided upon request for commercial or non-commercial use such as CD reissues, film/tv synchronization, use on websites or in exhibits. The University of California makes no claims or warranties as to the copyright status of the original recordings and charges a use fee for the use of the transfers. Please contact the University of California, Santa Barbara Library Department of Special Research Collections for information on licensing cylinder transfers.