At the dawn of the 1900s,visitors to penny arcades and amusement parks could pay five cents and listen to a brief recording through a machine called a _________.

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The term "nickelodeon" referred to early jukebox machines that played a selection of short films or music recordings for a nickel (five cents). Visitors to penny arcades and amusement parks could pay to listen to a brief recording through a nickelodeon machine. The term "jukebox" did not become popular until the 1930s, and options B, C, and E are all specific types of early sound recording technology but not the name for the machines used in penny arcades.

At the Dawn of the 1900s,visitors to Penny Arcades and Amusement