Slideshow: Archaic Sounds Reach Modern Ears

credit Photo: Courtesy of Donald C. Davidson LibraryAn Edison Blue Amberal cylinder (post-1911) contains Teddy Roosevelt’s speech on "the right of the people to rule." credit Photo: Courtesy of Donald C. Davidson LibraryLarger "concert" cylinders like this were more expensive and fragile than regular cylinders, and weren’t as popular. credit Photo: Courtesy of Donald C. […]


credit Photo: Courtesy of Donald C. Davidson Library

An Edison Blue Amberal cylinder (post-1911) contains Teddy Roosevelt’s speech on "the right of the people to rule."

credit Photo: Courtesy of Donald C. Davidson Library

Larger "concert" cylinders like this were more expensive and fragile than regular cylinders, and weren’t as popular.

credit Photo: Courtesy of Donald C. Davidson Library

This Edison Company cylinder, recorded in Paris during the early 1900s, plays "De’ Miei Bollenti Spiriti," an aria from La Traviata.