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The First Coin-Operated Phonograph: "On This Day in Phonographic History..."


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"On This Day in Phonographic History..."

 

May 27, 1890: Louis Glass and William Arnold were granted a U.S. patent (428,750) for “Coin Actuated Attachment for Phonographs.”  This was the first coin-operated talking machine introduced to the public.

 

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