Before cassette tapes and digital files, there were Dictabelts—flexible vinyl recordings that captured history in real-time!

In 1955, Clyde “Slim” Williams, used this to record his life’s wildest stories in Alaska!

https://www.alaska.edu/news/did-you-know/2025-Dictabelt-recordings-UAF-Oral-History-Program.php

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