Happy Birthday Dennis!
Martin
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From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dennis Rooney
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Edison Phonograph Works presentation Saturday, October 8
Dear Gerry,
I regret I cannot hear your presentation on the 8th, but I am invited to a birthday party -- my own!
Ciao,
DDR
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Gerald Fabris <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> "In Search of the Edison Phonograph Works, 1888-1974":
> an illustrated presentation and walking tour
>
> Saturday, October 8, 2011, 2:30 pm
>
> Thomas Edison National Historical Park National Park Service, U.S.
> Department of the Interior
> 211 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052
>
> Thomas Edison once manufactured phonographs and phonograph records in
> an expansive industrial complex known as the Edison Phonograph Works,
> located next to the Edison Laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey.
> Today, the Laboratory survives, but the last of Phonograph Works
> structures were demolished in 1974.
>
> In this 30 minute illustrated talk, a Museum Curator will trace the
> history of the Phonograph Works from its beginnings in 1888, through
> the heyday of the Edison Phonograph at the turn of the century, to the
> last Edison Voicewriter dictation machines made in the 1960s.
> Following the talk, visitors can join a brief walking tour to see
> where the buildings once stood.
>
> Admission to the park is $7, children under 16 free. For more
> information, call 973-736-0550 ext.89.
> www.nps.gov/edis
>
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Dennis D. Rooney
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