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Video: Edison's Tinfoil Phonograph Reenactment

See a reenactment of Thomas Edison's first recording of sound, from the Lemelson Center's celebration of Edison's 150th birthday.

Edison tinfoil phonograph reenactment

Edison tinfoil phonograph reenactment

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Historian Robert Rosenberg reenacts Edison's first recording of sound during the Lemelson Center's celebration of Edison's 150th birthday.

Videography by Helen Weiss Productions

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April 15, 2014

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Lemelson Center

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