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Communications Collection (page 21)

Background imageCommunications Collection: Stuarts cavalry cutting telegraph wires, American Civil War, c1861-1864 (c1880)

Stuarts cavalry cutting telegraph wires, American Civil War, c1861-1864 (c1880). Confederate general James Ewell Brown Jeb Stuart was known as a dashing cavalry commander

Background imageCommunications Collection: Avocado groves, San Diego, California, USA, c1900s

Avocado groves, San Diego, California, USA, c1900s. Published by E.C.Kropp Co. (Milwaukee)

Background imageCommunications Collection: George Grossmith (1847-1912), English comedian, writer and actor, early 20th century

George Grossmith (1847-1912), English comedian, writer and actor, early 20th century. Artist: Rotary Photo
George Grossmith (1847-1912), English comedian, writer and actor, early 20th century

Background imageCommunications Collection: Westminster Abbey and Big Ben, London, 20th Century

Westminster Abbey and Big Ben, London, 20th Century. A Benedictine monastery was founded on this site in the 7th or 8th century

Background imageCommunications Collection: Rosthwaite Post office, Borrowdale, Lake District, c1960. Artist: CM Dixon

Rosthwaite Post office, Borrowdale, Lake District, c1960. Artist: CM Dixon
Rosthwaite Post office, Borrowdale, Lake District, c1960. Historically part of Cumberland, Rosthwaite is a settlement in Borrowdale in the English Lake District

Background imageCommunications Collection: Cape to Cairo, 1899. Artist: John Tenniel

Cape to Cairo, 1899. Artist: John Tenniel
Cape to Cairo, 1899. Cecil Rhodes asking the German Emperor Wilhelm II for permission for the Cape to Cairo telegraph line to be laid across German territories in Africa

Background imageCommunications Collection: Postcard of a woman golfer, c1912

Postcard of a woman golfer, c1912. The woman is holding a Fashion Dunday golf bag

Background imageCommunications Collection: Woman golfer, postcard, c1910

Woman golfer, postcard, c1910

Background imageCommunications Collection: Mr. Charles T. Bright, Chief Engineer of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Mr. Charles T. Bright, Chief Engineer of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Charles T. Bright, Chief Engineer of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1858. This gentleman, the chief engineer of the Atlantic Telegraph Company

Background imageCommunications Collection: Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Displacement of the Cable on Board the 'Agamemnon', 1858

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Displacement of the Cable on Board the "Agamemnon", 1858. Storm of 20th June

Background imageCommunications Collection: Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Breaking Adrift of the Coal on Board the 'Agamemnon', 1858

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Breaking Adrift of the Coal on Board the "Agamemnon", 1858. A storm on 20th June....everything broke adrift, whether secured or not

Background imageCommunications Collection: Evening Landscape, 1886. Creator: Julius Paulsen

Evening Landscape, 1886. Creator: Julius Paulsen
Evening Landscape, 1886

Background imageCommunications Collection: Boat from the 'Madras' Steamer picking up an Arab Budgerow in the Red Sea, with Capt Gough... 1857

Boat from the "Madras" Steamer picking up an Arab Budgerow in the Red Sea, with Capt Gough... 1857
Boat from the "Madras" Steamer picking up an Arab Budgerow in the Red Sea, with Capt. Gough and the Australian Mails, 1857....the Royal mail steamer Emeu

Background imageCommunications Collection: Postmaster and Council of Justice, Johan Georg Pauli, 1770. Creator: Jens Juel

Postmaster and Council of Justice, Johan Georg Pauli, 1770. Creator: Jens Juel
Postmaster and Council of Justice, Johan Georg Pauli, 1770

The Post-Office, Rugeley, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Post-Office, Rugeley, 1856. English doctor William Palmer, also known as the Rugeley Poisoner or the Prince of Poisoners

Background imageCommunications Collection: U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: experiments in wireless telegraphy, (1902?)

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: experiments in wireless telegraphy, (1902?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis: experiments in wireless telegraphy, (1902?)

Background imageCommunications Collection: Photograph of artwork for 3-cent US postage stamp featuring portrait of Joel Chandler Harris

Photograph of artwork for 3-cent US postage stamp featuring portrait of Joel Chandler Harris, c1948. Creator: Unknown
Photograph of artwork for 3-cent US postage stamp featuring portrait of Joel Chandler Harris, c1948. Bust, facing slightly left

Background imageCommunications Collection: Post Office Dept. - Dead Letter Office, between 1890 and 1950. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Post Office Dept. - Dead Letter Office, between 1890 and 1950. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Post Office Dept. - Dead Letter Office, between 1890 and 1950. Two men and a woman working at desks

Background imageCommunications Collection: Post Office Dept. - Dead Letter Office, between 1890 and 1950. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Post Office Dept. - Dead Letter Office, between 1890 and 1950. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Post Office Dept. - Dead Letter Office, between 1890 and 1950. Large group of people working

Background imageCommunications Collection: John Wanamaker, 1838-1922, three-quarter length portrait, seated, at desk, facing right, c1890

John Wanamaker, 1838-1922, three-quarter length portrait, seated, at desk, facing right, c1890. [Politician, philanthropist, Postmaster General

Background imageCommunications Collection: John Wanamaker, c1890. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

John Wanamaker, c1890. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
John Wanamaker, c1890. [Politician, philanthropist, Postmaster General. Bought the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ which was installed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Background imageCommunications Collection: Don M. Dickson - Postmaster General, 1887-1889, c1889. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Don M. Dickson - Postmaster General, 1887-1889, c1889. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Don M. Dickson - Postmaster General, 1887-1889, c1889

Background imageCommunications Collection: Joel Chandler Harris, bust, facing left, c1948. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Joel Chandler Harris, bust, facing left, c1948. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Joel Chandler Harris, bust, facing left, c1948. Advertisement for Uncle Remus's The Home Magazine. ['His writings embodied the folklore, life and character of the plantation'

Background imageCommunications Collection: 2nd Division grade school pupils examining mail box, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

2nd Division grade school pupils examining mail box, Washington, D.C. (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
2nd Division grade school pupils examining mail box, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Background imageCommunications Collection: E.C. Heasley, Jules A. Rodier and Maj. Montgomery in the telegraph room in the White House... 1898

E.C. Heasley, Jules A. Rodier and Maj. Montgomery in the telegraph room in the White House... 1898
E.C. Heasley, Jules A. Rodier and Maj. Montgomery in the telegraph room in the White House, set up to receive news of the Spanish-American War, 1898

Background imageCommunications Collection: The English and French Army Post-Offices at Pera, 1854. Creator: Unknown

The English and French Army Post-Offices at Pera, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The English and French Army Post-Offices at Pera, 1854. Crimean War. Post office buildings in Istanbul. The Post-office for the English army has just been removed from Galata to Pera

Background imageCommunications Collection: Hooper's patent submarine telegraph cables, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Hooper's patent submarine telegraph cables, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Hooper's patent submarine telegraph cables, 1862. Mr. Hooper's cable is composed of the usual copper or other conductor insulated with indiarubber

Background imageCommunications Collection: Transbaikal railway. The railroad bed along the bank of the Angara River, 18th verst, 1904-1917

Transbaikal railway. The railroad bed along the bank of the Angara River, 18th verst, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Transbaikal railway. The railroad bed along the bank of the Angara River, 18th verst, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imageCommunications Collection: Ethnic Orochen on the Taiga, Transporting a Child, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown

Ethnic Orochen on the Taiga, Transporting a Child, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Ethnic Orochen on the Taiga, Transporting a Child, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imageCommunications Collection: Circumbaikal Railroad, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown

Circumbaikal Railroad, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Circumbaikal Railroad, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imageCommunications Collection: Tunguska old woman, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown

Tunguska old woman, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Tunguska old woman, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imageCommunications Collection: Shaman. Kachynets, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown

Shaman. Kachynets, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Shaman. Kachynets, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imageCommunications Collection: Men working on telephone lines, probably near a TVA dam hydroelectric plant, 1942

Men working on telephone lines, probably near a TVA dam hydroelectric plant, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Men working on telephone lines, probably near a TVA dam hydroelectric plant

Background imageCommunications Collection: Prince Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano

Prince Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Prince Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Background imageCommunications Collection: Clothes of swimmers hanging on a telegraph pole, Lake Providence, La. 1940

Clothes of swimmers hanging on a telegraph pole, Lake Providence, La. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
Clothes of swimmers hanging on a telegraph pole, Lake Providence, Louisiana. The children from the nearby farms and neighborhoods go swimming, on Saturday afternoon and Sunday, in the lake

Background imageCommunications Collection: The Greensboro Lumber Co. Greensboro, Ga. 1941. Creator: Jack Delano

The Greensboro Lumber Co. Greensboro, Ga. 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
The Greensboro Lumber Co. Greensboro, Ga

Background imageCommunications Collection: Flagman standing at a distance behind a Santa Fe R.R. west bound freight... Bagdad, Calif. 1943

Flagman standing at a distance behind a Santa Fe R.R. west bound freight... Bagdad, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Flagman standing at a distance behind a Santa Fe R.R. west bound freight train during a stop, Bagdad, Calif

Background imageCommunications Collection: Montgomery Blair, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown

Montgomery Blair, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Montgomery P. [sic] Blair, between 1855 and 1865. [Politician, lawyer, postmaster-general]

Background imageCommunications Collection: Governor William Dennison of Ohio, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown

Governor William Dennison of Ohio, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Gov. William Dennison of Ohio, between 1855 and 1865. [Politician: governor of Ohio; Postmaster General]

Background imageCommunications Collection: Governor William Dennison, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown

Governor William Dennison, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Gov. Wm. Dennison, between 1855 and 1865. [Politician: governor of Ohio; Postmaster General]

Background imageCommunications Collection: Anson Stager, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown

Anson Stager, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Anson Stager, between 1855 and 1865. [Co-founder of Western Union, first president of Western Electric Manufacturing Company, Union Army officer

Background imageCommunications Collection: Marshall Jewell, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown

Marshall Jewell, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Marshall Jewell, 1865-1880. Jewell, Hon. Marshall, Post-Master General, between 1865 and 1880. [Manufacturer, pioneer telegrapher, telephone entrepreneur

Background imageCommunications Collection: Timothy Otis Howe of Wisconsin, between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown

Timothy Otis Howe of Wisconsin, between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Howe, Hon. Timothy O. of Wisc. between 1865 and 1880. [Postmaster General; Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court]

Background imageCommunications Collection: Postmaster-General Cresswell and assistants, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown

Postmaster-General Cresswell and assistants, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Postmaster-General [John] Cresswell and assistants, between 1860 and 1875. [Politician, abolitionist]

Background imageCommunications Collection: James William Marshall, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown

James William Marshall, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
James William Marshall, 1865-1880. Marshall, Hon. Postmaster General, between 1865 and 1880. [Politician, government administrator: Consul to Leeds

Background imageCommunications Collection: James N. Tyner of Indiana, between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown

James N. Tyner of Indiana, between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
James N. Tyner of Indiana. (Post-Master General in Grants Admn.), between 1865 and 1880. [Lawyer, politician]

Background imageCommunications Collection: Timothy Otis Howe of Wisconsin, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown

Timothy Otis Howe of Wisconsin, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Timothy O. Howe of Wisc. between 1860 and 1875. [Postmaster General; Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court]

Background imageCommunications Collection: Montgomery Blair, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown

Montgomery Blair, between 1860 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hon. Montgomery Blair, between 1860 and 1875. [Politician, lawyer, postmaster-general]



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