A couple of weeks ago, the Library of Congress made about 10,000 historical recordings available online. They’re calling it The National Jukebox, and it’s pretty amazing. You can stream, for free, all the pre-1925 records from what was once the Victor Talking Machine Company. According to NPR, the archive contains “more than 1300 recordings of operatic repertoire, more than 1200 classical sides and 32 recordings of yodeling.”
And it’s not just music. Here’s a speech on prosperity by President William Howard Taft, recorded in 1912.
