[Jan Derogee] pulled out his phonograph the other day to hear the 100+ year old wax cylinder warble of “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary”, but couldn’t locate the reproducer — this is the small circular ...

MANKATO — Thaddeus Hultengren, when relaxing at home, puts LPs on a record player, then sits back and listens to the Beatles or songs of other bands recorded decades ago or not so long ago. Hultengren ...

In an 1898 interview, Thomas A. Edison said, “I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph.” On Feb. 19, 1878, ...

Just the other day, I heard one of the earliest popular recorded sambas, Donga’s “Pelo Telefone,” from 1916 and released on an Edison talking record, probably a wax cylinder. A few years later the ...

MENLO PARK, N.J. (WHTM) — We’re used to sound recordings. Music (in multiple genres), audiobooks, phone messages, recordings of family history, alert boops and beeps on our phones…even the happy ...

Imagine if your couch or your coffee maker suddenly started talking to you — or perhaps launched into the chorus of “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain.” What would your reaction be? Consider that, ...

WELLSBURG, Ia. - Burdette Walters is known for his eclectic taste in antiques. He owns and operates the Friesian House Museum in his hometown of Wellsburg, population 700. He is a fan of early ...