Telegraph office, c1900. Artist: Unknown

Telegraph office, c1900. Artist: Unknown

1-157-753 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Telegraph office, c1900. A man reads a message he has received (left). Inside the office an operator sends a message using a Morse transmitting key (right) while his colleague at the window deals with a customer. Under the operator's desk are wet cells (batteries) which supplied electricity. Liebig trade card.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Samuel Finley Breese Morse: American: Artist, portrait painter, inventor, photographer

Medium
  1. Chromolithograph

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Italy

  1. 42 50 00 N , 012 50 00 E

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3981x2632
File Size : 30,698kb


Aliases

  1. 002507
  1. 002507
  1. 0460001305
  1. 1-157-753
  1. 1157753
  1. 1305

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