(Rare!) Voice of Florence Nightingale (1890)

Another rare, Historical voice recording. Florence Nightingale(1820.5.12 - 1910.8.13), known as "The Lady with the Lamp" and a pioneering nurse, writer, and noted statistician, recorded some words on Edison Parafine Wax Cylinder, on July 30th, 1890.

This is a 1933 Dubbing from the original cylinder, made by Edison-Bell Company from England, released as "19th Century Celebrities Series No.1". I don't know if there is someone who has some of this "Celebrities Series".

Since the dubbing was made at the wrong speed (the cylinder was played too fast), I played the record on 74rpm, to correct the speed.

A real historical recording - this is the oldest recording (considering when the recording was made) I have in my collection.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Florence
• Nightingale
• 1890
• Voice
• Recording
• 78rpm
• Historical
• Rare

[ByabyaChannel]

This clearly shows that she was a real person and not just someone in the history books

[0007grom]

Do you realize the voice you just heard was once a little girl in a time when people like Thomas Jefferson and John Adams still walked the earth? Wow.

[pictureisup1]

she had a good voice. She could have done cartoons

[PianoLove1968]

Wow amazing to hear the voice of a woman who was the most influential in improving hospital cleanliness and nursing standards

[planetX15]

if you says it "rare" how did you manage to get a hold of it?

[GeoJDr]

I wish I could understand her better Can you caption what she is saying. This is a treasure. Thank you for posting..

[stuvo1977]

Man, she sounds stuffy! She was a great and influential woman regardless.

[IanHunedoara8]

She was probably told to enunciate clearly and speak as loud as possible. Possible reason why early vocal recordings sounded so rigidly formal.

[CrimsonPetal100]

She speaks so proper! A very authoritative voice.

[carlosisapimp]

Sorround sound at its best