[Phono-L] presidential debates 1908 style--first recordings of presidential candidates

[Ron Cowen]

also great images. image gallery has audio link to one Taft and Bryan
wax  cylinder recording.  the Bryan one, about possible failiure of
banks, is eerily prescient today.   
http://sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/36947/title/The_first_sound_bites