FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE 1890 Recording on Edison Bell 78 Gramophone Record EX
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36
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Description
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE 1935 EDISON BELL RECORD ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE CANCER CAMPAIGN AND FEATURES THE VOICE OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, RECORDED BY COLONEL GOURARD, THOMAS EDISON'S EUROPEAN AGENT AT HER HOUSE IN LONDON ON THE 30TH JULY, 1890. THE ORIGINAL CYLINDER NOW RESIDES IN THE WELLCOME FOUNDATION IN LONDON AND THE RECORDING CAN BE HEARD ON THEIR WEBSITE - http://catalogue.wellcome.ac.uk/record=1590740. THE 1935 RECORDING INTERPOLATES THE CYLINDER INTO A DRAMATIC SKETCH 'AN EPISODE OF THE CRIMEA' FEATURING THE GREAT BRITISH ACTRESS EDITH EVANS AND FREDDIE GRISEWOOD. ACCORDING TO EDISON BELL'S OWN FILE, SALE OF THE DISC WERE "ALMOST NEGLIGIBLE" SO FURTHER DISCS IN THE PROPOSED "19th CENTURY CELEBRITY SERIES" (TENNYSON, STANLEY, BARNUM ETC) WERE NEVER ISSUED. CONSEQUENTLY, COPIES OF THIS DISC ARE EXTREMELY RARE.
ISSUE: EDISON BELL WINNER UNNUMBERED
CONDITION: EX
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