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      • [Brown wax home recording of Thanksgiving party at home of W. H. Greenhow, Hornell, New York, November 27, 1898].

[Brown wax home recording of Thanksgiving party at home of W. H. Greenhow, Hornell, New York, November 27, 1898].

Cylinder12857

Performer:
Greenhow, W. H.
Place of Publication:
[United States],
Issued Date:
1898
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (William Henry Greenhow Collection, Set Number: 134-02, Originally acquired: Wayne show, October 2008).

Brown wax cylinder.

Inscription on slip: "Record Taken Nov 27 1898 / W H Greenhow / Mother / Mrs R C Wombough / Mrs Emma June Wombough / Mabel Wombough / Helen Wombough / June W. by proxy / Olive [inserted on side] / Mrs R C Wombough / WHG / Mrs RCW"; at bottom, underlined: "Not good."

W. H. Greenhow and others.

Description:

Speech begins: "...Thanksgiving party at the house of William H. Greenhow, Fifty-eight Hill Street, November twenty-seventh eighteen hundred and ninety-eight." The guests each speak in turn, naming themselves as follows: "Mary Frodsham Greenhow," W. H. Greenhow's mother; "R. C. Wombough," i.e., Rachel Cornelia (Loveland) Wombough, born 1815; "E. J. Wombough," i.e., Emma J. Wombough, R. C.'s daughter-in-law and the widow of Charles Wombough, whose first wife had been W. H. Greenhow's sister Maggie (d. 1882); "Mabel Wombough," daughter of Charles and Maggie (Greenhow) Wombough; "Helen Wombough," daughter of Charles and Emma J. Wombough; then W. H. Greenhow says: "Little Jennie Wombough, twelve years old, declines to give her name; she will be excused on account of bashfulness"; she was another daughter of Charles and Emma J. Wombough; then: "R. C. Wombough, born in Delaware County, Franklin, Delaware County, eighteen hundred fifteen, eighteen hundred and fifteen"; then W. H. Greenhow: "We've had a very entertaining afternoon with the phonograph, we hope that all have enjoyed it," etc.; he sings an unidentified song about the woods in summer. Finally, R. C. Wombough speaks again: "I came to Addison, to this county, in thirty-seven. I've lived in one place sixty years or two [laughs]. Now I [...]... Henry Wombough... came to Addison in eighteen hundred four."

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 81.1 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/f3j67gc6
Catalog System Number:
990041107700203776
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.