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Johnson, who took Edison’s invention and ran with it. In 1882, Johnson hand-wired a string of red, white, and blue light bulbs and wrapped them around a Christmas tree in his New York home. It was the ...

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The phonograph, or "talking machine," had been invented by Thomas Edison only few years before ... By the end of the '90s, they were selling them for home use, too. And George Johnson's two ...

Music journalist Jonathan Scott explores the early history of recorded sound: from the first-known recordings in the 1800s to the most significant vinyl records of the 1940s.

It was recorded in 1888, 10 years after Edison had first done the tinfoil phonograph ... and would pay to have a voice like that in their home. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I'M GONNA WASH THAT MAN ...

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Kern County Fire Dept. reported to a fully engulfed mobile home trailer at Edison Mobile Home Park, located at 12317 Edison Highway, around 3 a.m. on Dec. 8. Neighbors describe Edison Hwy mobile home ...