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- Replica of First Morse Port Rule Telegraph -
- 1837
- Collections - Artifact
Replica of First Morse Port Rule Telegraph
- Instructograph Morse Code Trainer, circa 1940 - The machine helped to increase speed and efficiency in sending and receiving Morse code. Its paper tape reels contain code exercises--helpful to those studying for the qualifying exams to become a professional telegraphy operator. Morse code was used extensively throughout the late-19th and 20th centuries for radio and military communication.
- circa 1940
- Collections - Artifact
Instructograph Morse Code Trainer, circa 1940
The machine helped to increase speed and efficiency in sending and receiving Morse code. Its paper tape reels contain code exercises--helpful to those studying for the qualifying exams to become a professional telegraphy operator. Morse code was used extensively throughout the late-19th and 20th centuries for radio and military communication.
- Teleplex Morse Code Trainer, 1925-1930 -
- 1925-1930
- Collections - Artifact
Teleplex Morse Code Trainer, 1925-1930
- Portrait of Andrew Johnson, 1864-1865 - Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Celebrities, military officers and politicians, such as Andrew Johnson, were popular subjects.
- 1864-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Andrew Johnson, 1864-1865
Cartes-de-visite, small, professionally made photographs on cardboard stock, remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s. Many were given to friends and loved ones, but enterprising photographers also produced images of famous individuals to sell to the collecting-crazed public. Celebrities, military officers and politicians, such as Andrew Johnson, were popular subjects.
- Letter from Samuel F. B. Morse to his Brother, Richard C. Morse, 1865 -
- November 24, 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from Samuel F. B. Morse to his Brother, Richard C. Morse, 1865
- Mezzoprint, "Prof. Samuel F.B. Morse, Inventor of the Magnetic Telegraph," circa 1857 - This mezzotint depicts Samuel F. B. Morse, artist and inventor. Morse developed an electromagnetic telegraph in 1832, and built an experimental version in 1835. The first practical telegraph system was built in 1844 between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Morse also developed the Morse code, a method of transmitting text across telegraph lines using a series of dots and dashes for letters.
- circa 1857
- Collections - Artifact
Mezzoprint, "Prof. Samuel F.B. Morse, Inventor of the Magnetic Telegraph," circa 1857
This mezzotint depicts Samuel F. B. Morse, artist and inventor. Morse developed an electromagnetic telegraph in 1832, and built an experimental version in 1835. The first practical telegraph system was built in 1844 between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Morse also developed the Morse code, a method of transmitting text across telegraph lines using a series of dots and dashes for letters.
- Letter from Samuel F. B. Morse to His Brother, Richard C. Morse, 1867 -
- March 25, 1867
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from Samuel F. B. Morse to His Brother, Richard C. Morse, 1867
- Trade Card for Rising Sun Stove Polish, Morse Bros., 1870-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1870-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Rising Sun Stove Polish, Morse Bros., 1870-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Letter from John Adams to Jedidiah Morse, 1815 -
- November 02, 1815
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from John Adams to Jedidiah Morse, 1815
- Rubicon Steam Traction Engine, 1885-1888 -
- 1885-1888
- Collections - Artifact
Rubicon Steam Traction Engine, 1885-1888