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Identifies himself on an experimental wax disc.", "audioUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Alexander_Graham_Bell%27s_Voice.ogg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Graham_Bell%27s_Voice.ogg", "audioLicense": "Public domain", "audioAuthor": "Alexander Graham Bell", "audioLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "originalSource": "https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/hear-my-voice-smithsonian-identifies-130-year-old-recording-alexander-graham-bell-s-voice", "imageUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Alexander_Graham_Bell.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled", "imageSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Graham_Bell.jpg", "imageLicense": "Public domain", "imageAuthor": "Moffett Studio", "imageLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "verified": true, "recordingType": "speaking", "notes": "Speaker and date reviewed against Commons source metadata; audio and portrait reuse terms recorded separately. Not independently authenticated by listening. Speaker and exact date independently corroborated by Smithsonian identification of signed transcript and inscribed disc.", "title": "Alexander Graham Bell's Voice", "verificationLevel": "source-metadata-reviewed" }, { "id": "7c3e158da2cc", "name": "Arthur Sullivan", "born": 1842, "died": 1900, "year": 1888, "date": "1888-10-05", "datePrecision": "day", "occupation": "Composer", "description": "Responds to hearing Edison’s phonograph at an after-dinner demonstration.", "audioUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Arthur_Sullivan_-_wax_cylinder_recording.ogg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Sullivan_-_wax_cylinder_recording.ogg", "audioLicense": "Public domain", "audioAuthor": "George Gouraud (Speech by Arthur Sullivan)", "audioLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "originalSource": "https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/photosmultimedia/very-early-recorded-sound.htm", "imageUrl": "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Arthur_Sullivan_1898cr.jpg/500px-Arthur_Sullivan_1898cr.jpg", "imageSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Sullivan_1898cr.jpg", "imageLicense": "Public domain", "imageAuthor": "Unknown (Elliott & Fry)", "imageLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "verified": true, "recordingType": "speaking", "notes": "National Park Service identifies Sullivan, recording date October 5, 1888, and object E-2439-7. The recording includes Gouraud’s introduction. Metadata/provenance reviewed; not independently authenticated by listening.", "title": "Arthur Sullivan - wax cylinder recording", "dateSourceUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/photosmultimedia/very-early-recorded-sound.htm", "verificationLevel": "source-metadata-reviewed", "gameEligible": false, "gameNote": "Excluded from the mystery game because the file includes other speakers or an introduction; still available in the gallery." }, { "id": "caa25fb03359", "name": "Thomas Edison", "born": 1847, "died": 1931, "year": 1888, "date": "1888-10", "datePrecision": "approximate month", "occupation": "Inventor", "description": "An informal message imagines travelling around the world by phonograph.", "audioUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Aroundworldonphon1888.ogg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aroundworldonphon1888.ogg", "audioLicense": "Public domain", "audioAuthor": "Thomas Edison", "audioLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "originalSource": "https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/photosmultimedia/very-early-recorded-sound.htm", "imageUrl": "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Thomas_Edison2.jpg/500px-Thomas_Edison2.jpg", "imageSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Edison2.jpg", "imageLicense": "Public domain", "imageAuthor": "Louis Bachrach, Bachrach Studios, restored by Michel Vuijlsteke", "imageLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "verified": true, "recordingType": "speaking", "notes": "NPS object EDIS566 explicitly identifies the speaker as Thomas A. Edison and dates the recording circa late October1888. Its believed qualification concerns earliest surviving status, not speaker identity. Date is approximate, not exact. No absolute oldest claim. Source/provenance reviewed; no independent forensic authentication.", "title": "Aroundworldonphon1888", "verificationLevel": "source-metadata-reviewed" }, { "verified": true, "verificationLevel": "primary-archive-source-reviewed", "recordingType": "speaking", "datePrecision": "day", "id": "held-gladstone-nps-1888", "name": "William Ewart Gladstone", "born": 1809, "died": 1898, "year": 1888, "date": "1888-12-18", "title": "The phonograph’s salutation — message to Thomas Edison", "occupation": "British prime minister", "description": "Addresses Thomas Edison on an original wax-cylinder recording, introduced by George Gouraud.", "audioUrl": null, "sourceUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/photosmultimedia/documentary-recordings-and-political-speeches.htm", "audioLicense": "Reuse permission not established; listen at original archive", "audioAuthor": "William Ewart Gladstone and George Gouraud; National Park Service archive", "audioLicenseUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/disclaimer.htm", "originalSource": "Thomas Edison National Historical Park, EDIS 39852 / EDIS-SRP-0190-12", "permissionStatus": "source-link-only", "notes": "Original NPS cylinder has precise 18 December 1888 recording date and identified speaker. It replaces the ambiguous Commons 1888–1890 variant; the NPG 1890 recording is not assumed to be the same object. NPS supplies an active MP3, but describes the historical cylinder as unissued and does not give this item a specific recording-rights release. Its general policy distinguishes government-created media from third-party originals. Do not embed or copy the MP3 without further rights verification; link to the archive page.", "imageUrl": "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/William_Ewart_Gladstone%2C_1892_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-William_Ewart_Gladstone%2C_1892_%28cropped%29.jpg", "imageSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Ewart_Gladstone,_1892_(cropped).jpg", "imageLicense": "Public domain", "imageAuthor": "Samuel Alexander Walker", "imageLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "originalAudioUrl": "https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/photosmultimedia/upload/EDIS-SRP-0190-12.mp3", "playbackMethod": "source-link" }, { "id": "6819c3b56158", "name": "Helmuth von Moltke", "born": 1800, "died": 1891, "year": 1889, "date": "1889-10-21", "datePrecision": "day", "occupation": "Prussian field marshal", "description": "Prussian field marshal. Identifies himself on a wax cylinder and recites literary passages.", "audioUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Moltke1.ogg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moltke1.ogg", "audioLicense": "Public domain", "audioAuthor": "Adelbert Theodor Wangemann", "audioLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "originalSource": "http://www.cylinder.de/deeplink_resource_bismarck.html", "imageUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Portrait_of_Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Elder_%28by_Carl_G%C3%BCnther%29_-_BNF_Gallica_%28cropped%29.jpg", "imageSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Elder_(by_Carl_G%C3%BCnther)_-_BNF_Gallica_(cropped).jpg", "imageLicense": "Public domain", "imageAuthor": "Carl Günther", "imageLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "verified": true, "recordingType": "speaking", "notes": "Speaker and recording date checked against Wikimedia Commons file metadata; not independently authenticated by listening. Includes self-identification and literary recitation; no film acting.", "title": "Self-identification on a wax cylinder", "verificationLevel": "source-metadata-reviewed" }, { "id": "c0986fb2711e", "name": "Otto von Bismarck", "born": 1815, "died": 1898, "year": 1889, "date": "1889-10-07", "datePrecision": "day", "occupation": "German chancellor", "description": "German chancellor. An early cylinder preserves his spoken voice and recitations.", "audioUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/1889_recording_by_Otto_von_Bismarck.ogg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1889_recording_by_Otto_von_Bismarck.ogg", "audioLicense": "Public domain", "audioAuthor": "Otto von Bismarck; restored by Norman Bruderhofer", "audioLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "originalSource": "http://www.cylinder.de/deeplink_resource_bismarck.html", "imageUrl": "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Otto_von_Bismarck_1885_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-Otto_von_Bismarck_1885_%28cropped%29.jpg", "imageSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Otto_von_Bismarck_1885_(cropped).jpg", "imageLicense": "Public domain", "imageAuthor": "Unknown authorUnknown author", "imageLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "verified": true, "recordingType": "speaking", "notes": "Speaker and recording date checked against Wikimedia Commons file metadata; not independently authenticated by listening.", "title": "1889 recording by Otto von Bismarck", "verificationLevel": "source-metadata-reviewed" }, { "id": "e280dd518dc7", "name": "Robert Browning", "born": 1812, "died": 1889, "year": 1889, "date": "1889-04-07", "datePrecision": "day", "occupation": "Poet", "description": "Poet. Forgets his verses and marvels at the phonograph.", "audioUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Robert_Browning_recites_%22How_They_Brought_The_Good_News_From_Ghent_To_Aix%22.ogg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Browning_recites_%22How_They_Brought_The_Good_News_From_Ghent_To_Aix%22.ogg", "audioLicense": "Public domain", "audioAuthor": "Robert Browning", "audioLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "originalSource": "https://poetryarchive.org/poem/how-they-brought-good-news-from-ghent-aix-extract/", "imageUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Robert_Browning_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_13103.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled", "imageSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Browning_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_13103.jpg", "imageLicense": "Public domain", "imageAuthor": "Unknown author", "imageLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "verified": true, "recordingType": "speaking", "notes": "Speaker and date reviewed against Commons source metadata; audio and portrait reuse terms recorded separately. Not independently authenticated by listening. Begins with a poetry recital, then Browning forgets the words and speaks spontaneously about the phonograph.", "title": "Recitation and unscripted remarks", "verificationLevel": "source-metadata-reviewed" }, { "id": "a86db968ec93", "name": "Alfred, Lord Tennyson", "born": 1809, "died": 1892, "year": 1890, "date": "1890", "datePrecision": "year", "occupation": "Poet laureate", "description": "Tennyson reciting his poem 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' on wax cylinder", "audioUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/LightBrigade-Tennyson.ogg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LightBrigade-Tennyson.ogg", "audioLicense": "Public domain", "audioAuthor": "Alfred Tennyson (d. 1892)", "audioLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "originalSource": "https://poetryarchive.org/poet/alfred-tennyson/", "imageUrl": "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Alfred%2C_Lord_Tennyson_by_Julia_Margaret_Cameron.jpg/500px-Alfred%2C_Lord_Tennyson_by_Julia_Margaret_Cameron.jpg", "imageSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson_by_Julia_Margaret_Cameron.jpg", "imageLicense": "Public domain", "imageAuthor": "Julia Margaret Cameron / Adam Cuerden", "imageLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "verified": true, "recordingType": "reading", "notes": "Poetry Archive independently corroborates Tennyson’s1890 wax-cylinder recordings. Uses PD Commons transfer, not Poetry Archive player extraction. No verified natural talking clip identified in this review; admitted as a labelled fallback under updated policy. Metadata/provenance reviewed, not forensic audio authentication.", "title": "LightBrigade-Tennyson", "verificationLevel": "source-metadata-reviewed" }, { "id": "d2cc082f5787", "name": "Florence Nightingale", "born": 1820, "died": 1910, "year": 1890, "date": "1890-07-30", "datePrecision": "day", "occupation": "Nurse and social reformer", "description": "Nurse and social reformer. Recorded a message supporting veterans of the Charge of the Light Brigade.", "audioUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Florence_Nightingale_voice_-_1576A_2nd_Rendition.ogg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Florence_Nightingale_voice_-_1576A_2nd_Rendition.ogg", "audioLicense": "Public domain", "audioAuthor": "Florence Nightingale", "audioLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "originalSource": "https://archive.org/details/FlorenceNightingale2ndRendition1890GreetingsToTheDearOldComradesOf", "imageUrl": "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Florence_Nightingale_%28H_Hering_NPG_x82368%29.jpg/500px-Florence_Nightingale_%28H_Hering_NPG_x82368%29.jpg", "imageSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Florence_Nightingale_(H_Hering_NPG_x82368).jpg", "imageLicense": "Public domain", "imageAuthor": "Henry Hering (1814-1893)", "imageLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "verified": true, "recordingType": "speaking", "notes": "Speaker and recording date checked against Wikimedia Commons file metadata; not independently authenticated by listening.", "title": "A message for Crimean War veterans", "verificationLevel": "source-metadata-reviewed" }, { "verified": true, "verificationLevel": "primary-archive-source-reviewed", "recordingType": "speaking", "datePrecision": "day", "id": "9c2a0c0a9286", "name": "P. T. Barnum", "born": 1810, "died": 1891, "year": 1890, "date": "1890-02-17", "title": "Message to future generations", "occupation": "Showman and entrepreneur", "description": "Thanks the British public and records a message for future generations after his London show.", "audioUrl": null, "sourceUrl": "https://forum.antiquephono.org/topic/14-pt-barnum-1890-london/", "audioLicense": "Reuse permission not established; listen at source", "audioAuthor": "P. T. Barnum; Edison Bell transfer; restoration courtesy Archeophone Records, shared by Rod Pickett", "audioLicenseUrl": "https://forum.antiquephono.org/topic/14-pt-barnum-1890-london/", "originalSource": "Antique Phonograph Society, Rod Pickett / Edison Bell 1930s transfer of1890Barnumcylinder", "permissionStatus": "source-link-only", "notes": "The transfer owner identifies a surviving Edison Bell disc made in the 1930s from Barnum’s 1890 cylinder. The spoken date is 17 February 1890, documented in the attached transcript and a contemporary 1906 recording-industry report. The original cylinder has not been located. The restored audio is freely accessible at the Antique Phonograph Society; permission to copy this restoration is not established, so this entry links to that page. Source and custody evidence have been reviewed; this is not independent forensic authentication.", "imageUrl": "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/P._T._Barnum_-_02176a_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-P._T._Barnum_-_02176a_%28cropped%29.jpg", "imageSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P._T._Barnum_-_02176a_(cropped).jpg", "imageLicense": "Public domain", "imageAuthor": "Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)", "imageLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "playbackMethod": "source-link", "portraitStatus": "available", "gameEligible": false, "dateSourceUrl": "https://forum.antiquephono.org/topic/14-pt-barnum-1890-london/" }, { "id": "9d02ec7354d8", "name": "Franz Joseph I of Austria", "born": 1830, "died": 1916, "year": 1900, "date": "1900", "datePrecision": "year", "occupation": "Emperor of Austria", "description": "Emperor of Austria. A surviving recording preserves his own spoken voice.", "audioUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Franz_Josef_I_of_Austria_-_voice_recording_%281900%29.ogg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_Josef_I_of_Austria_-_voice_recording_(1900).ogg", "audioLicense": "Public domain", "audioAuthor": "Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria (1830-1916)", "audioLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "originalSource": "https://web.archive.org/web/20070108004501/http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/qt/franz.mov", "imageUrl": "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria.1910_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria.1910_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail", "imageSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria.1910_(cropped).jpg", "imageLicense": "Public domain", "imageAuthor": "Carl Pietzner", "imageLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "verified": true, "recordingType": "speaking", "notes": "Speaker and date reviewed against Commons source metadata; audio and portrait reuse terms recorded separately. Not independently authenticated by listening.", "title": "Franz Josef I of Austria - voice recording (1900)", "verificationLevel": "source-metadata-reviewed" }, { "id": "5ae45e006cde", "name": "Alessandro Moreschi", "born": 1858, "died": 1922, "year": 1902, "date": "1902-04-05", "datePrecision": "day", "occupation": "Sistine Chapel singer", "description": "Sings Tosti’s Preghiera; a clearly labelled singing exception.", "audioUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Alessandro_Moreschi_sings_Preghiera.ogg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alessandro_Moreschi_sings_Preghiera.ogg", "audioLicense": "Public domain", "audioAuthor": "Alessandro Moreschi", "audioLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "originalSource": "https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22283603", "imageUrl": "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Alessandro_Moreschi_1900_ca.jpg/500px-Alessandro_Moreschi_1900_ca.jpg", "imageSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alessandro_Moreschi_1900_ca.jpg", "imageLicense": "Public domain", "imageAuthor": "Unknown authorUnknown author", "imageLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "verified": true, "recordingType": "singing", "notes": "Commons identifies the singer and April 5, 1902 session. National Library of New Zealand catalog describes the complete known recordings as twelve solo and five choral records, made in 1902/1904. No spoken recording was identified; admitted under user’s sole-voice singing exception. Metadata/provenance reviewed; not independently authenticated by listening.", "title": "Alessandro Moreschi sings Preghiera", "dateSourceUrl": "https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22283603", "verificationLevel": "source-metadata-reviewed" }, { "id": "db26d9a2c545", "name": "Eugène Fournière", "born": 1857, "died": 1914, "year": 1902, "date": "1902-06-04", "datePrecision": "day", "occupation": "French socialist politician", "description": "French socialist politician. A surviving recording preserves his own spoken voice.", "audioUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Lutte_de_classes_et_coop%C3%A9ration_de_cat%C3%A9gories_E._Fourni%C3%A8re.ogg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lutte_de_classes_et_coop%C3%A9ration_de_cat%C3%A9gories_E._Fourni%C3%A8re.ogg", "audioLicense": "Public domain", "audioAuthor": "Eugène Fournière", "audioLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "originalSource": "Bnf-Gallica - (FR-BnF 412948151)", "imageUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Fourniere%2C_Eugene.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled", "imageSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fourniere,_Eugene.jpg", "imageLicense": "Public domain", "imageAuthor": "Maurice Dulac", "imageLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "verified": true, "recordingType": "speaking", "notes": "Speaker and date reviewed against Commons source metadata; audio and portrait reuse terms recorded separately. Not independently authenticated by listening.", "title": "Lutte de classes et coopération de catégories E. Fournière", "verificationLevel": "source-metadata-reviewed" }, { "id": "4baf045c2666", "name": "L. L. Zamenhof", "born": 1859, "died": 1917, "year": 1907, "date": "1907", "datePrecision": "year", "occupation": "Creator of Esperanto", "description": "Reads a passage from the Unua Libro in Esperanto.", "audioUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/La_Vo%C4%89o_de_Zamenhof.wav", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Vo%C4%89o_de_Zamenhof.wav", "audioLicense": "Public domain", "audioAuthor": "L. L. Zamenhof", "audioLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "originalSource": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Vo%C4%89o_de_Zamenhof.wav", "imageUrl": "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Zamenhof_portreto.jpg/500px-Zamenhof_portreto.jpg", "imageSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zamenhof_portreto.jpg", "imageLicense": "Public domain", "imageAuthor": "Unknown authorUnknown author", "imageLicenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/", "verified": true, "recordingType": "reading", "notes": "Commons dates1907, identifies Zamenhof reading an Unua Libro excerpt, with Bialystok Esperanto Society archive provenance. CSV prayer description superseded by actual metadata. No verified natural talking clip identified in this review; admitted as a labelled fallback under updated policy. Metadata/provenance reviewed, not forensic audio authentication.", "title": "La Voĉo de Zamenhof", "verificationLevel": "source-metadata-reviewed" }, { "id": "166cd558375f", "name": "Booker T. Washington", "born": 1856, "died": 1915, "year": 1908, "date": "1908-12-05", "datePrecision": "day", "occupation": "Educator and civil rights leader", "description": "Reads an excerpt of his Atlanta Compromise address.", "audioUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Booker_T._Washington%2C_Speech%2C_1895.ogg", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Booker_T._Washington,_Speech,_1895.ogg", "audioLicense": "Public domain", "audioAuthor": "Booker T. 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Not independently authenticated by listening.", "title": "First Royal Christmas message by George V", "verificationLevel": "source-metadata-reviewed" }, { "id": "9216cc052354", "name": "Franklin D. Roosevelt", "born": 1882, "died": 1945, "year": 1933, "date": "1933-03-12", "datePrecision": "day", "occupation": "32nd US president", "description": "32nd US president. 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Not independently authenticated by listening. 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No complete listening audit. Recording is a call inviting listeners to the rally; only 1964 is used because source does not document precise recording date.", "csvRow": 24, "csvIndex": 23, "dateSourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comicio_do_dia_13_-_paulo_melo_bastos_cgt_i.ogg" }, { "id": "e4f8c9132853", "name": "Haile Selassie", "born": 1892, "died": 1975, "year": 1968, "date": "1968-10-24", "datePrecision": "day", "occupation": "Emperor of Ethiopia", "description": "Emperor of Ethiopia. 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No complete listening audit. Portrait unavailable; no photograph is supplied. Recorder Tacuo Fujimoto and GEJ authorised unrestricted use as recorded in Commons permission metadata. 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