Series: Early Recordings Circa 1800s
Genre:
Historical
Episodes: 127
Thomas Edison 1st Recording Mary Had A Little Lamb
Original Broadcast Date: 1878.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 0:06
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Salvum Fac Populum Tuum
Original Broadcast Date: 1884.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 3:24
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Around The World On The Phonograph
Original Broadcast Date: 1888.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:50
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Arthur Sullivan The Lost Chord
Original Broadcast Date: 1888.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:07
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Handel Israel In Egypt Oldest Recorded Music
Original Broadcast Date: 1888.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:27
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The Lost Chord Coronet And Piano Edison
Original Broadcast Date: 1888.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:28
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Thomas Edison Speaking To Mr. Blaine
Original Broadcast Date: 1888.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:53
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Fifth Regiment March Oldest Known Band Recording
Original Broadcast Date: 1889.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:34
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Auld Lang Syne Emile Berliner
Original Broadcast Date: 1890.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 0:40
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Dewolf Hopper You Can Always Explain Things Away
Original Broadcast Date: 1890.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:09
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Edwin Booth Reading From Othello
Original Broadcast Date: 1890.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 3:34
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Florence Nightingale Florences House Party
Original Broadcast Date: 1890.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 0:52
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J. P. Sousa Washington Post USMC Band
Original Broadcast Date: 1890.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:31
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La Media Noche USMC Band
Original Broadcast Date: 1890.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:26
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Semper Fidelis USMC Band
Original Broadcast Date: 1890.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:51
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Washington Post USMC Band
Original Broadcast Date: 1890.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:01
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Billy Golden Turkey In The Straw
Original Broadcast Date: 1891.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:01
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Billy Golden Uncle Jefferson
Original Broadcast Date: 1891.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:20
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George Washington Johnson The Laughing Song
Original Broadcast Date: 1891.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:23
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John Yorke Atlee The Mocking Bird
Original Broadcast Date: 1891.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:11
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Russell Hunting Michael Casey As A Physician
Original Broadcast Date: 1891.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:54
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Press Eldridge Take Your Time Gentlemen
Original Broadcast Date: 1892.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 3:06
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Russell Hunting Michael Casey At The Telephone
Original Broadcast Date: 1892.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 3:30
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Russell Hunting Michael Casey Taking The Census
Original Broadcast Date: 1892.xx.xx
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Walt Whitman America
Original Broadcast Date: 1892.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 0:38
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William Tuson Esquimaux Dance
Original Broadcast Date: 1892.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:22
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Dan W. Quinn Oh Mrs. O'Flaherty, What Did You Mean By That?
Original Broadcast Date: 1893.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:40
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Edward M. Favor The Commodore Song
Original Broadcast Date: 1893.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:12
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Edward M. Favor The King's Song
Original Broadcast Date: 1893.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 0:52
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Lanciers With Figures Called Issler's Popular Orchestra
Original Broadcast Date: 1893.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:14
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Rachmaninov The Faded Flower
Original Broadcast Date: 1893.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:21
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Edward M. Favor Daisy Bell
Original Broadcast Date: 1894.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:34
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J. W. Myers The Heart Bowed Down
Original Broadcast Date: 1894.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:15
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John MacColl The Campbells Are Coming
Original Broadcast Date: 1894.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:50
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Manhattan Beach USMC Band
Original Broadcast Date: 1894.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:27
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The Liberty Bell USMC Band
Original Broadcast Date: 1894.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 3:37
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Vess Ossman Yankee Doodle
Original Broadcast Date: 1894.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:54
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Bantas Orchestra Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down
Original Broadcast Date: 1895.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:23
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George J. Gaskin I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard
Original Broadcast Date: 1895.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:39
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Sousa's Band El Capitan March
Original Broadcast Date: 1895.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:11
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Sousa's Band King Cotton March
Original Broadcast Date: 1895.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:45
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Sousa's Band Washington Post March
Original Broadcast Date: 1895.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:03
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Sousa's Band Yazoo Dance
Original Broadcast Date: 1895.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:46
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The Star Spangled Banner USMC Band
Original Broadcast Date: 1895.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:19
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Vess Ossman Cocoanut Dance
Original Broadcast Date: 1895.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:09
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George J. Gaskin She May Have Seen Better Days
Original Broadcast Date: 1896.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:43
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Len Spence And Vess Ossman A Hot Time On The Levee
Original Broadcast Date: 1896.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:09
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Len Spencer All Coons Look Alike To Me
Original Broadcast Date: 1896.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:14
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Len Spencer You Been A Good Ole Wagon But You've Done Broke Down
Original Broadcast Date: 1896.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:12
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Russell Hunting Dear Kind Doctor
Original Broadcast Date: 1896.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 3:14
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Russell Hunting I Wonder Why
Original Broadcast Date: 1896.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 3:18
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Sousa's Band The Darkies Temptation
Original Broadcast Date: 1896.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:19
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Arthur Pryor Trombone Solo There'll Come A Time
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:34
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Billy Golden The Mocking Bird
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 3:01
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Dan W. Quinn The Swellest Thing In Town
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:45
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Deux Froides Danses De Travers Passer
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
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Edison Concert Band Liberty Bell March
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:43
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Edward M. Favor McGinty At The Living Pictures
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:14
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George J. Gaskin It Don't Seem Like The Same Old Smile
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:40
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George J. Gaskin On The Banks Of The Wabash
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 3:02
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George J. Gaskin The Best In The House Is None Too Good For Reilly
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 3:26
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Len Spencer A Hot Time In The Old Town
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
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Len Spencer Crappy Dan
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:27
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Len Spencer My Gal Is A Highborn Lady
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
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Recitar Enrico Caruso
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:14
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Sousa's Band Dancing In The Dark
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:18
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Sousa's Band The Stars And Stripes Forever 1
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:07
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Sousa's Band The Stars And Stripes Forever 2
Original Broadcast Date: 1897.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 3:34
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Always Do As People Say You Should
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
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At A Georgia Camp Meeting
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
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Break The News To Mother
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:56
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Cal Stewart Pumpkin Centre Railroad
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
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Cal Stewart Uncle Josh In A Museum
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:58
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Columbia Orchestra Charge Of Roosevelt's Rough Riders
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:34
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Dan W. Quinn Sweetheart
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:40
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Edison Q. Cornfield Medley
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:10
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Edison Q. I'se Going Back To Dixie
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:00
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Frank Stanley Just Before The Battle Mother
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:56
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H. Bamabee G. Frothingham H. Fredricks Dreaming, Dreaming 2
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:37
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H. Bamabee G. Frothingham H. Fredricks Dreaming, Dreaming 3
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:34
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H. Bamabee, G. Frothingham H. Fredricks Dreaming, Dreaming 1
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:55
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Harry Spencer The Absent Minded Beggar
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:42
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I'm Old But I'm Awfully Tough
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
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James T. Powers Chin, Chin, Chinaman
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
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Jessie Bartlett Davis O Promise Me
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:30
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Joseph P. Cullen And William G. Collins Berkeley March
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:35
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Joseph Pizzarello Chopin Nocturn Cylinder 9
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:28
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Just As The Sun Went Down
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:44
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My Old Kentucky Home
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:12
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Russell Hunting Casey As Umpire At A Ball Game
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 3:38
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She Was Bred In Old Kentucky
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:47
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The Fortune Teller Finale To The 2nd Act
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:04
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The Fortune Teller Opening Chorus Of Schoolgirls
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:03
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Uncle Josh At The Opera
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:22
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Uncle Josh In A Department Store
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:29
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Uncle Josh On A Bicycle
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:53
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Uncle Josh On A Fifth Avenue Bus
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:43
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Uncle Josh On A Street Car
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:46
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Uncle Josh's Arrival In New York
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:16
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W. H. MacDonald And Jessie Bartlett Davis Don Jose Of Sevilla
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:57
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Will Denny Time Is Money
Original Broadcast Date: 1898.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:44
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Billy Williams I Wish I Had All The Silver In Silvery Moon
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:21
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Byron G. Harlan Please Mr. Conductor Don't Put Me Off This Train
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:03
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Cal Stewart Uncle Josh At A Circus
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:00
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Cal Stewart Uncle Josh At The Statue Of Lliberty
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 3:01
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Charles Dalmaine Polish National Dance
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:18
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Dan W. Quinn Glorious Beer
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:48
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Edward M. Favor He Calls Me His Own Grace, Darling
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:16
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Edward M. Favor It Suddenly Dawned Upon Me
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:03
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Edward M. Favor Oh What A Beautiful Ocean
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:19
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Edward M. Favor What Do You Think Of Hoolihan?
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:51
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Ethel Jackson The Soldiers In The Park Verses 3 And 4
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:38
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Ethel Jackson The Soldiers In The Park Verses 5 And 6
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:35
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Fifth Regement March
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:34
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Grand March From Tannhauser
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:40
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Harry Macdonough And S. H. Dudley Just As The Sun Went Down
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:34
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Len Spencer First Recorded Promotional Message On The Edison Phongraph
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:09
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Len Spencer Hello Ma Baby
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:24
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Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:50
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Uncle Josh And The Lightning Rod Agent
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:08
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Uncle Josh At A Baptizing At Hickory Corners Square
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:32
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Uncle Josh At A Camp Meeting
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:06
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Uncle Josh In Society
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:14
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Vess Ossman A Bunch Of Rags
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:32
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Vess Ossman A Little Bit Of Everything
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:57
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Vess Ossman Whistling Rufus Cylinder
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 2:52
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Will Denny How'd You Like To Be The Iceman
Original Broadcast Date: 1899.xx.xx
Play Episode - Length: 1:58
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