2024-08-132024-08-132012-01-12https://hdl.handle.net/10929/139565It was here where the music room staff made experimental recordings on wax cylinders to discover the best sound recording techniques. Edison invented the phonograph in 1877, but it really didn't make its way into American homes for at least twenty years. The earliest machines played a strip of tinfoil, and were regarded as little more than a curiosityOriginal file name 6797620537_b839d099f1_o (2).jpeg4349 x 2899Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.Music RoomEarly PhonographsEdison PhonographsThomas Edison's Factory. Edison FactoryThe FactoryEdison Research FacilityEdison's Manufacturing FacilityThomas EdisonEdisonNational Historical ParkNPSNational Park ServiceNational Historical SiteIndustrial RevolutionU.S. Historic districtU.S. National Register of Historic PlacesWest OrangeEssex CountyNew JerseyNJJerseyThe Garden State