Telecommunications Collection (page 9)

Edison telephone in a wall-mounted box, New York, 1890. Wood engraving

New York telephone subscriber making call through operator at telephone exchange, 1883. Apparatus in picture used an Edison transmitter and a pony-crown receiver

Edison transmitter and a pony crown receiver, New York, c1891. Telephone apparatus available to New York subscribers. This used an Edison transmitter and a pony crown receiver

Cross-section of Edisons lamp-black (carbon) button telephone transmitter (microphone), c1891. Wood engraving

United States Army Signal Corps using captured German telephone equipment, World War 1. Photograph. Signal Corps Museum, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey

Central Telephone Exchange, Paris, 1883. Central Telephone Exchange, rue de Lafayette, Paris, staffed by female telephonists. From Louis Figuier Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science, Paris, 1883

Telephone switchboard, 1956

Opening of wireless telegraph link between Paris and Casablanca, 1907
Opening of wireless telegraph link between Paris and Casablanca, showing men whose work made it possible, Edouard Branly (1844-1940) and Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937)

Lesage experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774 (1876). George Louis Lesage (1724-1803), Swiss scientist, devised an early form of electric telegraph

Aerial Telegraph: Ancient Greek soldiers tending a signal fire, c1900. It is claimed that news could be transmitted 525 km in a night. Trade card for Liebig Meat Extract

Aerial telegraph: ancient Roman signal towers, c1900. A basket containing fire was hung from an arm near the top of the tower and used to signal a message to the next tower in a chain

Under the Dark Blue Waters, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
Under the Dark Blue Waters, 1872. Father Neptune wishes to relax with his drink and a pipe. In front of him is the trans-Atlantic cable, the first of its kind

Very High Farming, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
Very High Farming, 1870. Science stands in a field holding a telegraph pole, complete with wires. The representative of the countrys farmers, scratches his head in wonder

The Atlantic Telegraph - A bad look out for Despotism, 1858. John Bull calling to Jonathan Hold fast, Jonathan. Jonathan replying All right, Johnny

Apollo director Phillips monitors Apollo 11 pre-launch activities, Florida, USA, 1969. From the Kennedy Space Flight Center control room, Apollo Program Director Lieutenant General Samuel C

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