Electric Collection

Telegraph key, 1860s
Civil War telegraph sending-key in working order, living history demonstration, Shiloh National Battlefield, Tennessee. Digital photograph

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Early electric car advertisement for the Babcock Electric Victoria Phaeton, 1907. Hand-colored halftone of a 20th-century printed newspaper ad

Wiring New York City for electricity, 1880s
Workers testing the insulation of electric wires going in the streets of New York City, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Edisons telegraph, 1870s
Thomas Edisons electro-motograph, a telegraph, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Edison phonography ad, 1901
Advertisement for Edison phonographs and records, National Phonograph Co. 1901. Hand-colored woodcut

Telegraph in operation, 1860s artifact
Civil War field telegraph sending-key in working order, living history demonstration, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Underground wiring laid in New York City, 1882
Workers laying the tubes for electric wires in the streets of New York City, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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London street scene at night with electric lighting, about 1890. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Benjamin Franklin flying a kite to demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning. Hand-colored woodcut

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Shoppers in the new elevator at Lord & Taylors store on Broadway, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Electric brush for hair restoration, 1880s
Advertisement for Dr. Scotts Electric Brush promoting hair regrowth, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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