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Watch: Oldest Recording of Family at Christmas

Found in a British family's attic, recordings more than a century old carry the ghostly voices of a family celebrating Christmas.

 

A box of wax cylinders discovered in a London attic held a special heirloom for one British family — and also what may be the oldest surviving recording of a family at Christmas.

The recordings were made on an old phonograph by the family’s patriarch, Cromwell Wall. They were passed down to Wall’s grandson, David Brown, who didn’t know what was recorded on them and didn’t have the equipment to play them.

Watch the video to learn what happened.

Related Topics: 1904, Christmas, England, Vintage, and recordings

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