Mr. Thomas Cat
Performed by: Edison Grand Concert Band
Record format: Edison Concert cylinder
Release number: B-517
Release date: December 1900
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 4795
Kaiser Frederick marchPerformed by: British Military Band
Composed by: Carl Friedemann
Record format: Edison Gold Moulded cylinder
Release number: 13061 (5)
Release date: 1905
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 38237
Semper fidelis march
Performed by: United States Marine Band
Composed by: John Phillip Sousa
Record format: Edison Amberol cylinder
Release number: 4M-140 (A- ..7)
Release date: June 1909
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 35806
Stars and stripes forever march
Performed by: Sousa's Band
Composed by: John Phillip Sousa
Record format: Edison Amberol cylinder
Release number: 4M-285 (A- ..22)
Release date: November 1909
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 36682
Santa Lucia marchPerformed by: His Majesty's Irish Guards Band
Composed by: Lotter
Record format: Edison Gold Moulded cylinder
Release number: 10561 (A- .6)
Release date: July 1912
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 37943
Did You Know?
Edison NHS has one of the most traveled buildings in the Park Service. Building #11, a work space at Edison's lab, was shipped to the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, MI in 1940 at the request of Henry Ford. No longer needed it was shipped back to Edison NHS in 2003. - In all, it traveled 1200 miles.