A Voice from the Nineteenth Century

Wilford Woodruff's experience with the phonograph

On the 4th of February 1897, entrepreneur and inventor Selden Clawson met with President George Q. Cannon of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ First Presidency to discuss some real estate business.¹ Five days later, Selden, who was a grandson of Brigham Young and a committed Latter-day Saint, wrote to President Cannon:

I have secured a phon…