Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Grooves
International Indestructible Record

Title:

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Artist:

James F. Harrison (?)

Date:

c. 1905

Material:

Celluloid, steel ring, missing plaster core

Dimensions:

2¼ × 4 in. (10 × 5.7 cm)

Company:

International Phonograph and Indestructible Record Co., Ltd

Location:

Liverpool, UK

A celluloid cylinder reinforced by a steel ring on one end. This one appears to be missing its plaster core. Most of these were pirated from Edison or Edison Bell (epigramophone 2011). The original for this cylinder may have been recorded for Edison by J. J. Fisher or James F. Harrison.

Side view of black cylinder
Top view of black cylinder record showing title and song number (570)
End of cylinder with manufacturer's info
"International Phonograph and Indestructible Record Co., Ltd. Petit's Patents."
References
⌃  Back to citationEpigramophone. 2011. Petit Indestructible Cylinder Record. The Talking Machine Forum. Oct. 24, 2011.