To his amazement, the machine played his words back. This was the very start of recorded sound in 1878. A patent was issued on the phonograph on February 19th, 1878; the invention was highly original.

A tour of the archives beneath Schenectady's Museum of Innovation and Science is a journey through America's history with ...

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Before LaFace Records and So So Def Recordings, there was Black Swan Records, a record company by Georgian Harry Pace that released music by Black artists for Black listeners.

From its start more than 30 years ago, texting has slowly but surely become the dominant form of communication ...

It all started in 1938 with just 40 floats, four bands and a bicycle brigade. Now thousands attend the Edison Fest Grand Parade every year.

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The Statue of Liberty doesn’t have origins in America. The people of France gifted it to us, and since then, … Continue ...

Lana Keesling was unanimously elected state party chairwoman by the Indiana GOP's state committee Thursday, in accordance with the recommendation of Gov. Mike Braun.

Will you send us our wages for the time that we served you?’ A freed slave answers his old master’s request to come back ...