Tinfoil.com | Souvenir record from the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition (August? 31, 1905)

One-of-a-kind souvenir records: one from the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition and one from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

Souvenir record from the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition

The recordings, of course, are one-of-a-kind and quite short – typically just over 40 seconds.

To hear a souvenir record from the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition —

For help playing these sounds, click here.

To hear the official Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition March —

From a 1905 Columbia disc record.

Company	Columbia Phonograph Company
Cylinder #	None
Category	Talking
Title	Souvenir record from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
Performed by	Unknown Columbia booth operator
Circa	October 1, 1904
Announcement	"Souvenir record made at the booth of the Columbia Phonograph Company, October 1st, Nineteen-hundred and four, at the St. Louis World's Fair"

A (short) comedy piece – probably recorded as a demonstration by the Columbia booth operator in St. Louis.

To hear a souvenir record from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair —

For help playing these sounds, click here.

— This cylinder is from the collection of Tyrone Settlemier —

To learn more, see:

A photographic archive of opening day at the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition from the Oregon Historical Society.
A history of the Lewis and Clark Exposition from Wikipedia.