Making Records: Home Recordings c. 1890-1920

Excerpt from brown wax home recording of humorous talk and singing

Black wax home recording of woman singing hymn

Brown wax home recording of "Bring back my kitty to me" sung to the tune of "My bonnie lives over the ocean" by acapella children's chorus

Brown wax home recording of Mother and Father trying to get "Billy out of bed, followed by whistling solo

Black wax home recording of brass solo with dog howling and man whistling and calling Muggsy

Brown wax home recording of woman reciting French language lesson

Black wax home recording of Ralph Sunderland singing unidentified song

Black wax home recording of brass solo and duet

Brown wax home recording of dogs barking, with comic introductions

Black wax home recording of whistling and singing duet

Brown wax home recording of squealing of pigs and other barnyard sounds; occasional muffled speech in background

Brown wax home recording of whistling over commercial recording of Afterwards, by Professor Wormser

Brown wax home recording of flute solo, variations on Rock-a-bye baby

Brown wax home recording of unidentified guitar solo

Brown wax home recording of women talking, singing, and laughing

Brown wax home recording of family gathering at home of W. H. Greenhow, Hornell, New York, November 16, 1901

Brown wax home recording of male singing in French

Brown wax home recording of child singing All alone

Brown wax home recording of organ solo, January 23, 1896

Brown wax home recording of group singing with zither accompaniment

Brown wax home recording of baby crying; male speaking in French; child singing Welcome to winter

Brown wax home recording of Psalm 23 recited by Morgan Parsons followed by Master Louis [?] Tupper [?] Parsons, toddler, talking on November 29, 1900

Brown wax home recording of train imitation with whistle, and joke with laughing

Brown wax business dictation recording

Brown wax home recording of a meeting of the Wreckers Club

Black wax home recording of banjo duet

Black wax home recording of indistinct talk by Donald

Black wax home recording of man and woman singing yodel song in German with zither

Black wax home recording of singing and harmonica music

Black wax home recording of boys attending Nazareth Hall boarding school, Nazareth, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1914

Black wax home recording of man delivering religious speech

Black wax home recording of woman singing Oh! what a beautiful dream

Black wax home recording of woman singing The curse of an aching heart ; a dialog about a wedding; and man singing Shall we ever be able to fly?, August 27, 1915

Brown wax home recording of man singing You're a million miles from nowhere