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[Brown wax home recording of woman making a record for her friend Smith, October 20, 1903].

Cylinder13302

Place of Publication:
[Place of production unknown],
Issued Date:
1903
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

Performer name not given or decipherable.

Place of recording likely the United States.

Brown wax cylinder.

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Set Number: 351-01).

Description:

Woman speaks: "October twentieth, nineteen hundred and three. Making a record [of history (?)] is rather unusual for me, but as my friend Smith is anxious to hear my voice after I have left here, I shall do my very best...." She describes travel and a reunion with friends from long ago, as well as listening to the voices of her friends on the phonograph. She may say her name at the end of the recording.

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 135.1 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/f31g0kpx
Catalog System Number:
990041103250203776
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.