Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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A Brief History of Sound Recording
Object 17 of 36
Voice Letter from Milwaukee (Postmarked 3 November 1953, 2:36)
Roy K. Hackensuieth, Dictaphone | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
MOPSPO 2020-026 | Donated by Ryan Sarnowski

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