The First iPod
It was on this day in 1889 the Jukebox made its debut at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. It was called a “nickel-in-the-slot player” and consisted of an Edison Class M Electric Phonograph inside a free-standing oak cabinet to which were attached four stethoscope-like tubes. Each tube could be activated by depositing a coin so that four people could listen to a single recording at one time.
From the Writer’s Almanac by Garrison Keillor
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