The Edison Talking Doll, launched in 1889, was an ambitious failure. Each 22-inch doll featured a porcelain head and a miniature phonograph that played a 20-second nursery rhyme on a delicate wax cylinder. The recordings, made by young women, were often described as indistinct and eerie. This unsettling audio, combined with a high price of up to $20 (over $600 today) and frequent mechanical issues, led to a disastrous market reception. Within weeks of their debut, the dolls were withdrawn from s
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This fascinating video is from the Henry Ford Museum. https://www.thehenryford.org/ Edison's talking dolls were not only the first of their kind, but it was also the first time women's voices were recorded on record. Unlike the phonograph, Edison's talking dolls were only made for a short time because the doll's mechanism was unreliable and the recorded voices scared children. In 1960, Mattel Toy Company introduced Chatty Cathy, which would go on to become the first successful talking doll. | Tu
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