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- Diamond Disc Mold Repair Machine, 1912-1929 -
- 1912-1929
- Collections - Artifact
Diamond Disc Mold Repair Machine, 1912-1929
- Diamond Disc Phonograph, Model C19, 1919-1927 -
- 1919-1927
- Collections - Artifact
Diamond Disc Phonograph, Model C19, 1919-1927
- Test Pressing of the Voices of Jep Bisbee and His Family, 1923 - Henry Ford loved fiddlers--and 80-year-old Jep Bisbee was a favorite. In 1923, Ford sent the northern Michigan fiddler to Thomas Edison's New Jersey laboratory to record his playing. Bisbee's wife Sarah, son Earl, and daughter Beulah accompanied him. They can be heard--if indistinctly--reading text on this informal recording, probably done as a "souvenir" of their visit.
- November 23, 1923
- Collections - Artifact
Test Pressing of the Voices of Jep Bisbee and His Family, 1923
Henry Ford loved fiddlers--and 80-year-old Jep Bisbee was a favorite. In 1923, Ford sent the northern Michigan fiddler to Thomas Edison's New Jersey laboratory to record his playing. Bisbee's wife Sarah, son Earl, and daughter Beulah accompanied him. They can be heard--if indistinctly--reading text on this informal recording, probably done as a "souvenir" of their visit.
- Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph, Model C-19, circa 1916 -
- circa 1916
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph, Model C-19, circa 1916
- Edison Diamond Disc Record, "Heel and Toe Polka" and "Seaside Polka," 1925 -
- 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Diamond Disc Record, "Heel and Toe Polka" and "Seaside Polka," 1925
- Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph, Model MWC-33, 1922-1927 -
- 1922-1927
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph, Model MWC-33, 1922-1927
- Edison C-200 Diamond Disc Phonograph, 1915-1919 -
- 1915-1919
- Collections - Artifact
Edison C-200 Diamond Disc Phonograph, 1915-1919
- Diamond Disc Phonograph, Model C250, 1915-1919 -
- 1915-1919
- Collections - Artifact
Diamond Disc Phonograph, Model C250, 1915-1919
- Edison Diamond Disc Record, "Johnson Jazz Blues" and "Umbrellas to Mend," 1920 - Sound recordings helped introduce new styles of music to a wider audience. Jazz, with its African-American musical roots, gained great popularity during the 1920s and influenced the development of popular music.
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Diamond Disc Record, "Johnson Jazz Blues" and "Umbrellas to Mend," 1920
Sound recordings helped introduce new styles of music to a wider audience. Jazz, with its African-American musical roots, gained great popularity during the 1920s and influenced the development of popular music.
- Edison Diamond Disc Record, "Rye Waltz" and "Grace Waltz Medley," 1925 - During the 1920s--the "Jazz Age"--Henry Ford led a nationwide revival of rural fiddling and old-fashioned dancing. Ford organized an "Old Time Orchestra," musicians who played at the dances Ford hosted to instruct his friends and business associates in the 19th century dances of Ford's youth. Recordings of Ford's Old Time Orchestra were made available for sale to the public.
- January 21, 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Diamond Disc Record, "Rye Waltz" and "Grace Waltz Medley," 1925
During the 1920s--the "Jazz Age"--Henry Ford led a nationwide revival of rural fiddling and old-fashioned dancing. Ford organized an "Old Time Orchestra," musicians who played at the dances Ford hosted to instruct his friends and business associates in the 19th century dances of Ford's youth. Recordings of Ford's Old Time Orchestra were made available for sale to the public.