Feeling cute. May move across the room later.

Did you know one of Thomas Edison's early inventions was a talking doll (189 that used a miniature phonograph for a voice? It just wants to be your friend 'til the end. Only on the market for one month (imagine that), the phonograph proved to be too fragile for children to play with. (Yeah, that’s the reason) Edison subsequently had the sound device exorcised to allow for the remaining dolls to be sold. The doll pictured here is in the park's collection and certainly doesn’t wander the shelves at night looking for a new friend, sorry, voice.

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All right, have a good one. Did you hear something?

Image: Sometimes I frown…but when I do it’s because you won’t go to sleep. A toy doll with blonde curls wearing a blue dress in a case at Thomas Edison National Historical Park.

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