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- Replica of First Morse Port Rule Telegraph -
- 1837
- Collections - Artifact
Replica of First Morse Port Rule Telegraph
- Letter from Albert B. Chandler to Marilla Stedman, October 14, 1863 - Albert B. Chandler served as a cipher operator at the War Department office in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War. He transmitted coded messages to and decoded messages from Union military field commanders. While at this post, he became acquainted with President Abraham Lincoln. Chandler describes some of his wartime experiences in this letter to Marilla Stedman, his future bride.
- October 14, 1863
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from Albert B. Chandler to Marilla Stedman, October 14, 1863
Albert B. Chandler served as a cipher operator at the War Department office in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War. He transmitted coded messages to and decoded messages from Union military field commanders. While at this post, he became acquainted with President Abraham Lincoln. Chandler describes some of his wartime experiences in this letter to Marilla Stedman, his future bride.
- Edison Diamond Disc Record, "Charmant Oiseau (from La Perle de Brasil)" and a Message for Thomas Edison, 1915 - This rare recording was the brainchild of Thomas Edison's Chief Engineer Miller R. Hutchison. A group of Edison's friends and business associates gathered at Edison's West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory as this pre-recorded speech was played during a telephone call made to Edison over the newly completed transcontinental telephone line. Edison was visiting the 1915 Pan-American Exhibition in San Francisco on the opposite coast. This recording was never sold commercially.
- October 21, 1915
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Diamond Disc Record, "Charmant Oiseau (from La Perle de Brasil)" and a Message for Thomas Edison, 1915
This rare recording was the brainchild of Thomas Edison's Chief Engineer Miller R. Hutchison. A group of Edison's friends and business associates gathered at Edison's West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory as this pre-recorded speech was played during a telephone call made to Edison over the newly completed transcontinental telephone line. Edison was visiting the 1915 Pan-American Exhibition in San Francisco on the opposite coast. This recording was never sold commercially.
- "77 Years Before We Invented the Laser Professor Bell Had a Perfect Application for It," Bell Labs Advertisement, 1978 -
- December 04, 1978
- Collections - Artifact
"77 Years Before We Invented the Laser Professor Bell Had a Perfect Application for It," Bell Labs Advertisement, 1978
- "Reason for Confidence," Bell Telephone System Advertisement, 1943 -
- 1943
- Collections - Artifact
"Reason for Confidence," Bell Telephone System Advertisement, 1943
- Telegraph Sounder, 1850-1900 -
- 1850-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Telegraph Sounder, 1850-1900
- AT&T Bell System Advertisement, "Thousands of Improvements in Central Office Equipment in 5 Years," July 1929 -
- July 01, 1929
- Collections - Artifact
AT&T Bell System Advertisement, "Thousands of Improvements in Central Office Equipment in 5 Years," July 1929
- Telegraphic Department at the Ford Rouge Plant Administration Building, 1931 - This interior view of the telegraph department at the Ford Administration Building shows several employees working at their desks. The variety of devices they are using--including typewriters and telegraphs in "sounder boxes"--captures evidence of a "connected" workforce--constantly receiving, processing, and exchanging information.
- May 22, 1931
- Collections - Artifact
Telegraphic Department at the Ford Rouge Plant Administration Building, 1931
This interior view of the telegraph department at the Ford Administration Building shows several employees working at their desks. The variety of devices they are using--including typewriters and telegraphs in "sounder boxes"--captures evidence of a "connected" workforce--constantly receiving, processing, and exchanging information.
- Mrs. Frank Foley in a Western Union Office, 1918 -
- 1918
- Collections - Artifact
Mrs. Frank Foley in a Western Union Office, 1918
- Patent Model of Edison's Sextuplex Telegraph, 1879 -
- 1879
- Collections - Artifact
Patent Model of Edison's Sextuplex Telegraph, 1879