Slight Antedating of "Talkie"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Fri Apr 11 22:06:07 UTC 2014


talkie (OED 1913 Mar.)



1913 _New-York Tribune_ 10 Jan. 9 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  (heading) ORPHEUM GETS "TALKIES."  Edison's Invention To Be Shown Simultaneously Throughout Circuit.



Fred Shapiro

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