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Telegraphy Collection

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Telegraph poles following the transcontinental railroad

Telegraph poles following the transcontinental railroad
Linemen stringing telegraph wire beside the transcontinental railroad on the Great Plains, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Telegraph key, 1860s

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

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Morses telegraph

Morses telegraph
Diagrams of Morses telegraph apparatus, key, and register. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Railroad telegraph office, early 1900s

Railroad telegraph office, early 1900s
Telegraphers at a railway signal office, early 1900s. Hand-colored woodcut of an early 20th-century illustration

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Western Union office in New York City, 1870s

Western Union office in New York City, 1870s
Western Union Companys telegraph operations in New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Busy telegraph office in New York City, 1860s

Busy telegraph office in New York City, 1860s
People 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

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Telegraph office at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, 1870s

Telegraph office at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, 1870s
Telegraph office at Sandy Hook on the New Jersey shore, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Edisons telegraph, 1870s

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

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Joseph Henrys electromagnetic telegraph, 1832

Joseph Henrys electromagnetic telegraph, 1832
Joseph Henrys signal telegraph apparatus, the first electromagnetic telegraph, 1832. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Telegraph in operation, 1860s artifact

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

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Stock ticker telegraph, NYSE, 1880s

Stock ticker telegraph, NYSE, 1880s
Broker reading the stock ticker at the New York Stock Exchange, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: PSCI2A-00004

PSCI2A-00004
Samuel Morse with his invention, the telegraph. Hand-colored halftone from a 19th-century portrait

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: EVCW2A-00062

EVCW2A-00062
Union Army Signal Corps setting up telegraph wire during a Civil War battle, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration


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