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    Thomas Edison

    National Historical Park New Jersey

Holiday Music

Santa Claus hides in your phonograph   
Performed by:  Harry E. Humphrey   
Authored by:  Penn
Record format:  Edison Diamond Disc
Release number:  50999-R   
Matrix number:  8238-B-5-3
Release date:  December 1922   
NPS object catalog number:  EDIS 42258     

Silent night
Performed by:  Frederick Kinsley - organ
Composed by:  Franz Gruber  
Record format:  Edison Diamond Disc
Release number:  80854-L
Matrix number:  10474-B-3-3
Release date:  December 1925
NPS object catalog number:  EDIS 75236

Mr. Edison's Christmas greetings  
Performed by:  Ensemble Singers
Record format:  Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number:  6905-A-1-1
Unissued test pressing, recorded 1919
NPS object catalog number:  EDIS 76854

O come, all ye faithful
Performed by:  Edison Male Quartet
Composed by:  J. Reading
Record format:  Gold Moulded cylinder 8837
Release date:  November 1904  
{This recording is available here courtesy of the Peter N. Dilg collection.}


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Edison's Hollywood star

Did you know Thomas Edison has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was inducted on Feb 8, 1960 and the star is located at 6700 Hollywood Blvd.