Alexandria Digital Research Library

[Brown wax home recording of speech in Afrikaans and English, 1893].

Cylinder13010

Place of Publication:
[South Africa],
Issued Date:
1893
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Set Number: 197-02, Originally acquired: Don Hill Collection, c.2000).

Channel rim brown wax cylinder.

Performers names not given or decipherable.

Description:

Speech about the phonograph in Afrikaans; oral "signature" at 2:37 ("Johan Andrew Dechman"?) with date in 1893 and name of church. Followed by man speaking in English: "Well, now, Mister Phonograph...."

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 100.1 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/f39c6ww2
Catalog System Number:
990041106170203776
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.