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Inventions and Innovations

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  1. Inventors sold their early phonographs in the 1880's. When did she first see and hear one? Was it used as an office dictation machine? For music? As a toy?

  2. What did early phonographs look like? Did she know what it was when she first saw it?

  3. Did she understand how the phonograph worked? What did she think about using it to listen to music? Was live music better?

  4. When did she ever own a phonograph? What did she play on it? Was it something that the population in general could afford or was it a luxury item?

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