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Sign language using a single hand, 1800sSingle-handed alphabet in sign language, used in the US, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Telegraph poles following the transcontinental railroadLinemen stringing telegraph wire beside the transcontinental railroad on the Great Plains, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Telegraph key, 1860sCivil War telegraph sending-key in working order, living history demonstration, Shiloh National Battlefield, Tennessee. Digital photograph
End of the Revolutionary War announced by signal-firesBeacon-fires in the hills along the Hudson River celebrating end of Revolutionary War, 1783. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Morses telegraphDiagrams of Morses telegraph apparatus, key, and register. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Railroad telegraph office, early 1900sTelegraphers at a railway signal office, early 1900s. Hand-colored woodcut of an early 20th-century illustration
Western Union office in New York City, 1870sWestern Union Companys telegraph operations in New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Busy telegraph office in New York City, 1860sPeople sending wires at the American Telegraph Company office on Broadway at Liberty Street, New York City, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Little Round Top signal station, Battle of GettysburgGeneral G. K. Warren at the signal station on Little Round Top observing troop positions, Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Telegraph office at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, 1870sTelegraph office at Sandy Hook on the New Jersey shore, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Edisons telegraph, 1870sThomas Edisons electro-motograph, a telegraph, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Joseph Henrys electromagnetic telegraph, 1832Joseph Henrys signal telegraph apparatus, the first electromagnetic telegraph, 1832. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EXPL2A-00113Marquette and Joliet meeting Native Americans in Illinois during their exploration of the upper Mississippi River region, 1670s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Reading from a scroll in ancient JerusalemProclamation read from a scroll in ancient Jerusalem. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HSET2A-00126Drummer calling early New England colonists to church service, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by E.A. Abbey
EVRV2A-00249Messenger bringing colonists news of the battle at Lexington Green, 1775. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PREV2A-00058Two lanterns in the belfry of the Old North Church, the signal to Paul Revere to begin his midnight ride, 1775. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration for Longfellows poem
EVRV2A-00234Rider warning Minutemen the British were marching to Lexington 1775, beginning the Revolutionary War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PSCI2A-00065Alexander Graham Bell in New York communicatiing for the first time with Chicago by telephone. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century photograph
Telegraph in operation, 1860s artifactCivil War field telegraph sending-key in working order, living history demonstration, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph
BUSN2A-00077Wagons distributing newspapers to newsboys at Union Square, New York City, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration
EVNT2A-00227Carolina colonists fleeing in canoes from a Native American attack. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
HOUS2A-00068Santa Claus speaking to a child on the telephone, " Hello Little One!" 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Thomas Nast
HOUS2A-00013Courtship using a whispering rod on Halloween in colonial days. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
PREV2A-00032Benjamin Franklins Ramage printing press. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Union sentries reading a Confederate message, Civil WarConfederate messenger stopped by Union pickets, US Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVCW2A-00062Union Army Signal Corps setting up telegraph wire during a Civil War battle, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
BUSN2A-00096Fur traders and Native Americans conversing in pantomine. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00206American villagers reading news of the US-Mexican War, 1840s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century illustration
HSET2A-00006Pony Express rider passing workers raising telegraph poles, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVRV2A-00133Paul Revere delivering handbills in a New England village for the Sons of Liberty protesting British colonial policies. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Darley
EVRV2A-00250Minutemen roused by Paul Revere to do battle in Lexington, April 19, 1775. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVRV2A-00214Letter from Bostons Committee of Correspondence urging supplies be withheld from British troops, 1774. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash
EVRV2A-00198Bellman told to ring the Liberty Bell to announce the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, 1776. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVRV2A-00237Announcement of peace treaty ending the Revolutionary War, printed in New York City, March 25, 1783. Woodcut reproduction of the original document wiith a watercolor wash
EVRV2A-00247General Washington is brought the news that the British had crossed the Brandywine to occupy Philadelphia, 1777. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration