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Happy Birthday Dennis! Martin -----Original Message----- 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 To: [log in to unmask] 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 > -- Dennis D. Rooney 303 W. 66th Street, 9HE New York, NY 10023 212.874.9626