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Voice O’Graph record
Key Details
Date: c. 1940s
Created By: International Motoscope Corporation
Original or Replica: Original
Era: The General
Collection: IKEducation
About
The Voice-O-Graph was a do-it-yourself recording studio the size of a small closet. Walk inside, close the door, deposit 35 cents and make a record of your own. The machines cranked out a lacquer-coated disc that held about a minute of crackling sound. It was first created in the late 1930s and used until the late 1950s. Soldiers and loved ones could send their own voices in place of a written letter during World War II.
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