100+ year old recording of Teddy Roosevelt giving a speech [xpost /s/obscuremedia]

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[–]Nemesis[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Recording was done on wax tubes, so his voice is slightly higher pitched than it sounded in person. There are a ton of audio recordings from the early 1900s, worth checking out to hear some of the vanished accents of America's past.

[–]Nemesis[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

cool example is this old recording of Mckinley, where you can hear the famous mid-atlantic accent, which back in the early 20th century if you were rich or a celebrity you had to learn how to use to navigate high society.

[–]Wrang1er 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Not really, the audio back then was pretty bad. People used that accent during speeches,interviews,movies, and commentary. No one used that accent in conversation. The mid altlantic accent made it easier to hear what they were saying. As audio quality improved, the accent went extinct.