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Samuel Finley Breese Collection

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Rev. William Buell Sprague, 1834. Creator: Asher Brown Durand

Rev. William Buell Sprague, 1834. Creator: Asher Brown Durand
Rev. William Buell Sprague, 1834

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: The Wife, 1829. Creator: Asher Brown Durand

The Wife, 1829. Creator: Asher Brown Durand
The Wife, 1829

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Samuel F. B. Morse, ca. 1870. Creator: Mathew Brady

Samuel F. B. Morse, ca. 1870. Creator: Mathew Brady
Samuel F. B. Morse, ca. 1870

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Portrait of a Young Man, 1840. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Portrait of a Young Man, 1840. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Portrait of a Young Man, 1840

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Professor Samuel F. B. Morse, LL. D. 1850s. Creator: Unknown

Professor Samuel F. B. Morse, LL. D. 1850s. Creator: Unknown
Professor Samuel F. B. Morse, LL.D. 1850s

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Samuel F. B. Morse, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25

Samuel F. B. Morse, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Mrs. Daniel DeSaussure Bacot, ca. 1820. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Mrs. Daniel DeSaussure Bacot, ca. 1820. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Mrs. Daniel DeSaussure Bacot, ca. 1820

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Susan Walker Morse (The Muse), ca. 1836-37. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Susan Walker Morse (The Muse), ca. 1836-37. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Susan Walker Morse (The Muse), ca. 1836-37

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: De Witt Clinton, 1826. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse

De Witt Clinton, 1826. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
De Witt Clinton, 1826

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Samuel Morse 1791-1872, 1934

Samuel Morse 1791-1872, 1934. Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), American painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Transmitting a message, 1894

Transmitting a message, 1894. An operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph. From A Popular History of Science, by Robert Routledge, BSc (Lond.), F.C.S

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Samuel Morse (1791-1872), American artist and inventor, 1926

Samuel Morse (1791-1872), American artist and inventor, 1926. Morse was the inventor of the first functional electric telegraph (1835) and, with Alexander Bain (1810-1977), of the Morse code

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Samuel Finley Breese Morse, American inventor, (1934)

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, American inventor, (1934). Morse (1791-1872) was a painter of portraits and historic scenes. It is disputed whether Morse had invented the electrical telegraph in 1837 as

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 19th century American inventor, (1900)

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 19th century American inventor, (1900). Morse (1791-1872) was the inventor of the first functional electric telegraph (1835) and, with Alexander Bain (1810-1977)

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Morse telegraph operating room, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1859

Morse telegraph operating room, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1859. From The Telegraph Manual, by TP Shaffner. (New York 1859). Credit Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Morse telegraphy, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1859

Morse telegraphy, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1859. The public reception room where telegraph messages could be sent and received. From The Telegraph Manual by TP Shaffner. (New York 1859)

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Samuel Finley Breese Morse, American artist and inventor, 1873

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, American artist and inventor, 1873. Morse (1791-1872) was the inventor of the first functional electric telegraph (1835) and, with Alexander Bain (1810-1977)

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Main station of the Exchange Telegraph Company, London, 1882

Main station of the Exchange Telegraph Company, London, 1882. An operator receives a message on a ticker-tape machine. A Morse transmitting instrument is connected directly to the Stock Exchange

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Operator receiving a message in Morse code on an electric printing telegraph, 1887

Operator receiving a message in Morse code on an electric printing telegraph, 1887. In the box under the table are the wet cells (batteries) supplying electricity

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Telegraph office, c1900

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)

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph, 1887

Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph, 1887. He is tapping out the message with a key using the code developed by Samuel Morse and Alexander Bain

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Morses first telegraph, 1837 (c1900). Artist: Sir John Gilbert

Morses first telegraph, 1837 (c1900). Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Morses first telegraph, 1837 (c1900). Invented by Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), this was the first functional electric telegraph

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Morse electric printing telegraph, c1882

Morse electric printing telegraph, c1882. Rear view of the instrument showing the roll of paper for recording messages and the transmitting key at C. D are wet cells (batteries) providing electricity

Background imageSamuel Finley Breese Collection: Magnetism, c1850

Magnetism, c1850. Educational plate showing various aspects of magnetism and electromagnetism including a dip needle, compass, the lifting power of an electromagnet (12), Wheatstone telegraph (13)


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