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St. Elmos fire on a sailing shipSaint Elmos fire, an electrical phenomenon, on a ships masts. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Carl Friedrich GaussMathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. Digitally colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait
Telegraph key, 1860sCivil War telegraph sending-key in working order, living history demonstration, Shiloh National Battlefield, Tennessee. Digital photograph
BUSN2A-00019Early electric car advertisement for the Babcock Electric Victoria Phaeton, 1907. Hand-colored halftone of a 20th-century printed newspaper ad
Morses telegraphDiagrams of Morses telegraph apparatus, key, and register. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Wiring New York City for electricity, 1880sWorkers testing the insulation of electric wires going in the streets of New York City, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Times Square at night, about 1900Electric lights illuminating Times Square, New York City, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph
Electric lights in New York City, 1880sMadison Square illuminated by electric light for the first time, New York City, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Westinghouse light bulb ad, 1886Westinghouse Electric Companys 16 candle-power incandescent lamp, advertisement, 1886. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
New Orleans docks under electric lights, 1880sLevee at night illuminated for the first time with electric lights, New Orleans, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Coney Island beach lit by electric light, 1880sSwimming by electric light at Coney Island, New York, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Physicist Joseph HenryProfessor Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PSCI2P-00026Thomas Edison with the dynamo that generated the first commercial electric light, New York City. Printed halftone reproduction of a photograph
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
Edison phonography ad, 1901Advertisement for Edison phonographs and records, National Phonograph Co. 1901. Hand-colored woodcut
Telegraph in operation, 1860s artifactCivil 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, 1882Workers laying the tubes for electric wires in the streets of New York City, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
GGBR2A-00007London street scene at night with electric lighting, about 1890. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PREV2A-00003Benjamin Franklin flying a kite to demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning. Hand-colored woodcut
PREV2A-00091Leyden jar experiment with which Benjamin Franklin showed that a spark generates heat. Hand-colored woodcut
BUSN2A-00258Shoppers in the new elevator at Lord & Taylors store on Broadway, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Electric brush for hair restoration, 1880sAdvertisement for Dr. Scotts Electric Brush promoting hair regrowth, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
