This photo provided by the Museum of Innovation and Science in Schenectady, N.Y., shows Thomas Edison's 1878 tinfoil phonograph. Researchers have digitized what experts say is the oldest recording ...

This year marks the 140th anniversary of the phonograph and the 170th anniversary of Edison's birth on Feb 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio — and the Port Huron Museum and McMorran Place will be ...

Edison company records show that one of his newly invented tinfoil phonographs, serial No. 8, was sold to Mason for $95.50 in April 1878, and a search of old newspapers revealed a listing for a ...

I love history and I love the Museum! Rex and I are happy that we get to take care of the Museum. There are many fun things to see, including a Thomas Edison phonograph. Thomas Edison was the most ...

Phonograph expert John Paul Kurdyla will present special programs on the phonograph this July and August at Edison & Ford Winter Estates. A resident of Padua, Italy, Kurdyla’s expertise and ...

Kurdyla, 66, has been fascinated by phonographs ever since he was 10 years old and saw one at Edison’s former laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey (now a museum).

Earful of history: Museum to play Thomas Edison breakthrough, made and played back in 1878 with tinfoil phonograph he invented Latest U.S.

The museum and tower, both registered as national and state historic sites, are on 34 acres of property known as Edison State Park, and owned by the state Department of Environmental Protection.

It was 1877 when Thomas Edison recorded the first words ever: “Mary had a little lamb.” Now, 118 years later, people including Don Gfell are briskly trading Edison’s and other ant… ...

Edison's impact can be felt throughout the museum, from the light bulb to the phonograph. They even have some of Edison's original patents. "It's just such a unique piece of history.