Phonograph cylinder
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Phonograph cylinders are the earliest commercial medium for recording and reproducing sound. Known simply as records in their heyday, a name since passed to their disc-shaped successors, these hollow
An Edison Gold Mould cylinder record, taken out of its storage tube (left), from c. 1900s
Edison wax cylinder phonograph c. 1899
Two Edison cylinder records (left and right) and their cylindrical cardboard boxes (center)
Brown wax cylinders showing various shades (and mold damage)
Edison Bell
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Edison Bell was an English company that was the first distributor and an early manufacturer of gramophones and gramophone records. The company survived through several incarnations, becoming a top pro
early Edison Bell record label
"The Bell" record label, 5-inch disc
Edison Bell Velvet Face record label
Edison Bell Radio record in original paper sleeve