Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Phonograph -- History.; Sound recordings -- United States -- History.
Other titles: August 12; Mr. Edison's phonograph
Description: Covers the invention of the phonograph by Thomas Alva Edison popularly dated to August 12, 1877.  Includes links to sound bites of early recordings and examples of early motion picture technolgy.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.