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Edison Kinetoscope with Kinetophone, 1912-1913

1912/1913

The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States

Thomas Edison invented entire industries. By the 1890s, this included the phonograph, to record and play sound, and the kinetoscope, to display moving images. In the 1910s, he was able to synchronize projecting kinetoscopes with "kinetophone" phonographs, marrying the new film industry with the already robust phonograph industry. The kinetophone played huge "concert" cylinder records. This setup would have been used in a theater, though Edison also marketed it for home use.

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  • Title: Edison Kinetoscope with Kinetophone, 1912-1913
  • Date Created: 1912/1913
  • Subject Keywords: Kinetoscopes, Cylinder phonographs (Phonographs), Horns (Communication devices)
  • Type: Objects
  • Contributor: The Henry Ford
  • Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=91390
  • Object Name: Kinetoscope
  • Object ID: 29.460.14
  • Image ID: THF36593
  • Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Thomas Alva Edison
The Henry Ford

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