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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHere's a fun site for those wanting cool images, books and films
http://publicdomainreview.orgThey scour all the public domain/free sites for good stuff and serve it up in a nice, centralized location.
rug
(82,333 posts)Robert Browning attempting to recite How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix (1889)
The voice of great English poet, Robert Browning (1812 1889) recorded while at a dinner party given by Brownings friend the artist Rudolf Lehmann, on April 7th, 1889. The sales manager of Edison Talking machine, Colonel Gouraud, had brought with him a phonograph to show the guests and to record their voices. Browning, though reluctant at first, eventually gives in and begins to recite his poem How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix. Unfortunately, he cannot remember me own verses and gives up going on to expressing how he certainly wont forget though this wonderful invention. He was to die just under 8 months later. When the recording was played in 1890 on the anniversary of his death, at a gathering of his admirers, it was said to be the first time anyones voice had been heard from beyond the grave.
I sprang to the saddle, and Joris, and he;
I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three;
Speed echoed the wall to us galloping through
Speed echoed the
Then the gate shut behind us, the lights sank to rest
Im terribly sorry but I cant remember me own verses, but one thing that I shall remember all me life is the astonishing (inaudible) by your wonderful invention.
Robert Browning!
(other voices)
Bravo, bravo, bravo.
Hip, hip, hooray.
Hip, hip, hooray. Hip, hip, hooray.
Bravo.
http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/03/16/robert-browning-attempting-to-recite-a-poem-on-the-edison-cylinder-1889/
blogslut
(38,002 posts)I want to make a papier mache globe and I think I could do something with the stuff on that page.
rug
(82,333 posts)Thanks!
blogslut
(38,002 posts)Too much talky talk, texty text and ratey rates.
I found the public domain review @ neatorama. They had a link to the LOC's collection of degraded Daguerreotypes from there.
Don't get me wrong. I loves me some Internet Archive and searching through the public domain images on Wikipedia, but this site just makes the looking less brain ouchie.
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)Just added it to my favorites. Very cool!