The Allen Koenigsberg Phonograph Collection

1890's Languages by Phonograph Brochure

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With the advent of the phonograph arriving on the scene for individual use in the 1890’s, many entrepreneurs saw its potential. This is a brochure advertising Rosenthal’s Practical Linguistry using Edison’s Phonograph. An engraving of a North American is on the back cover. Dr. Richard S. Rosenthal’s Method of Practical Linguistry was a groundbreaking language-learning program that became one of the first systems in history to use the phonograph for home audio instruction during the 1890s. In overall VG original condition. Measures 7.75″ tall, 5.5″ wide. See photos. From the Allen Koenigsberg collection.