FILTER RESULTS × Close
Skip to Content ☰ Open Filter >>

Peary's 1908-09 North Pole Expedition: objects

Showing 18 of 25


Image: Graphophone used by Robert E. Peary

Graphophone used by Robert E. Peary
19th United States audio / visual equipment

ca. 1890
19th
13 3/4 x 16 1/2 x 10 in. (35 x 42 x 25 cm)


Object Type: audio / visual equipment
Creation Places: North America, United States
Medium and Support: wood on metal
Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of William R. Bryant, Class of 1973
Accession Number: 2000.4.1
A graphophone, or cylinder phonograph, recorded and played back sounds on wax cylinders. Robert Peary used this wood and metal graphophone to make the earliest recordings of stories and songs of the Inughuit in the 1890s. Sadly, the wax cylinder recordings are lost.

Additional Images Click an image to view a larger version

Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Acquisition List
This object was included in the following acquisitions:

Portfolio List Click a portfolio name to view all the objects in that portfolio
This object is a member of the following portfolios:


Your current search criteria is: Portfolio is "Peary's 1908-09 North Pole Expedition: objects" and [Objects]Display Artist is ".

View current selection of records as: