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Fact #59113

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An advertisement for the Edison phonograph in the Racine Daily Journal of Wisconsin, USA, states that, 'Not very many years ago, a phonograph cost five hundred dollars. Today, the highest-priced phonograph costs only $100, and smaller insruments can be bought all the way down to $10.'