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A collection of DIY home recordings, transferred from blank and repurposed brown and black wax cylinders, dating back to the early years of widespread phonographic technology, between the late 1800s and early 1900s. Details 1. Excerpt from Brown Wax Home Recording of Humorous Talk and Singing 2. Black Wax Home Recording of Woman Singing Hymn 3. Brown Wax Home Recording of InchBring Back My Kitty to MeInch Sung to the Tune of InchMy Bonnie Lives Over the OceanInch By Acapella Children's Chorus 4. Brown Wax Home Recording of Mother and Father Trying to Get InchBilly Out of Bed Followed By Whistling Solo 5. Black Wax Home Recording of Brass Solo with Dog Howling and Man Whistling and Calling Muggsy 6. Brown Wax Home Recording of Woman Reciting French Language Lesson 7. Black Wax Home Recording of Ralph Sunderland Singing Unidentified Song 8. Black Wax Home Recording of Brass Solo and Duet 9. Brown Wax Home Recording of Dogs Barking with Comic Introductions 10. Black Wax Home Recording of Whistling and Singing Duet 11. Brown Wax Home Recording of Squealing of Pigs and Other Barnyard Sounds Occasional Muffled Speech in Background 12. Brown Wax Home Recording of Whistling Over Commercial Recording of Afterwards By Professor Wormser 13. Brown Wax Home Recording of Flute Solo Variations on Rock-A-Bye Baby 14. Brown Wax Home Recording of Unidentified Guitar Solo 15. Brown Wax Home Recording of Women Talking Singing and Laughing 16. Brown Wax Home Recording of Family Gathering at Home of w. H. Greenhow Hornell New York November 16 1901 17. Brown Wax Home Recording of Male Singing in French 18. Brown Wax Home Recording of Child Singing All Alone 19. Brown Wax Home Recording of Organ Solo January 23 1896 20. Brown Wax Home Recording of Group Singing with Zither Accompaniment 21. Brown Wax Home Recording of Baby Crying Male Speaking in
