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Negro Spirituals

The band of Gideon
Performed by: Fisk University Jubilee Quartette
Record format: Edison Amberol cylinder
Matrix number: 4M-S10522-1
Recording date: 1912
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 36410

Swing low, sweet chariot
Performed by: The Southern Four
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 8311-C-2-6
Recording date: December 07, 1921
Release number: 51364-R
Release date: August 1924
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 42717

Pharoah's army got drowned
Performed by: "colored quartet" (name unknown)
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc, experimental
Record number: #1-OH
Recording date: July 09, 1924
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 87051

What band is this?
Performed by: Hann's Emperors of Song
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc test pressing
Matrix number: 10748-C-1-1
Recording date: January 04, 1926
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 78332


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Did You Know?

1888s photo of the Black Maria - the world's first motion picture studio.

West Orange, NJ, was the birthplace of motion pictures. In 1893, Thomas Edison built the first building for the recording of motion pictures.  It was dubbed THE BLACK MARIA.  It got its name because it was large and black and looked like the police wagons of the day, which were called black marias.