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Telegraphy Collection

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Rhodes Colossus, 1892 Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne

The Rhodes Colossus, 1892 Artist: Edward Linley Sambourne
The Rhodes Colossus, 1892. Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902), English-born South African businessman and statesman, shown striding across Africa from Cape Town to Cairo with a telegraph wire

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Wireless officer sending a message by Morse Code from on board a ship, 1916

Wireless officer sending a message by Morse Code from on board a ship, 1916
Wireless officer sending a message by morse code from on board a ship, 1916

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Valentia in 1857-1858 at the Time of the Laying of the Former Cable, 1865

Valentia in 1857-1858 at the Time of the Laying of the Former Cable, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline Laying the Earthwire on July

Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline Laying the Earthwire on July 21st, 1865, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist

Lord Kelvin, Scottish mathematician and physicist, with his compass, 1902. Born William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) was educated at Glasgow and Cambridge

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Right Hon. Sir Sydney Waterlow, Lord Mayor of London, 1872. Creator: Unknown

The Right Hon. Sir Sydney Waterlow, Lord Mayor of London, 1872. Creator: Unknown
The Right Hon. Sir Sydney Waterlow, Lord Mayor of London, 1872. Engraving from a photograph by John Watkins. At fourteen years of age he was apprenticed, at Stationers Hall, to Mr

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The late Mr. George Wilson, 1871. Creator: Unknown

The late Mr. George Wilson, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The late Mr. George Wilson, 1871. The sudden death, three weeks ago, in a railway carriage between Manchester and Liverpool, of Mr

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Chatham Siege Operations: blowing up rafts on the Medway, 1871. Creator: Unknown

Chatham Siege Operations: blowing up rafts on the Medway, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Chatham Siege Operations: blowing up rafts on the Medway, 1871. British Army training

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Great Eastern steam-ship leaving Sheerness with the French Atlantic Cable

The Great Eastern steam-ship leaving Sheerness with the French Atlantic Cable, 1869. Start of an important cable-laying voyage. At high tide, with her bows to the Nore, there was only about 4 ft

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Telegraph Bay, Aden, with the Great Eastern, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Telegraph Bay, Aden, with the Great Eastern, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Telegraph Bay, Aden, with the Great Eastern, 1870. We have received from Dr. E. W

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Hull steam-ship Orlando, for passenger traffic to Sweden, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Hull steam-ship Orlando, for passenger traffic to Sweden, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Hull steam-ship Orlando, for passenger traffic to Sweden, 1870. New screw-steamer...built to the order of Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, and Co

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Sir Francis Ronalds, inventor of an electric telegraph, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Sir Francis Ronalds, inventor of an electric telegraph, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Sir Francis Ronalds, inventor of an electric telegraph, 1870. Engraving of a painting by Hugh Carter, nephew of Sir Francis

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Laying the Submarine Telegraph between Malta and Gibraltar

Laying the Submarine Telegraph between Malta and Gibraltar, off the Isle of Pantellaria, 1870

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Telegraph diagram and reading-plate of Sir F

Telegraph diagram and reading-plate of Sir F. Ronald's electric telegraph, 1870. Diagrams of...the instrument contrived by Mr

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Waldorf-Astoria, The First Hotel To Be Fitted With Wireless Telegraphy

The Waldorf-Astoria, The First Hotel To Be Fitted With Wireless Telegraphy
An Hotel In Which You Can Book Rooms While On The High Seas: The Waldorf-Astoria, The First Hotel To Be Fitted With Wireless Telegraphy, 1909

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Telephoning By Means Of The Collins Wireless System Between Japanese War-Ships

Telephoning By Means Of The Collins Wireless System Between Japanese War-Ships
As Useful In Battle As Wireless Telegraphy - Telephoning By Means Of The Collins Wireless System Between Japanese War-Ships, 1909. From "Illustrated London News", 1909

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Brisk telegraph-ship at her moorings in the Channel, 1870. Creator: Unknown

The Brisk telegraph-ship at her moorings in the Channel, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The Brisk telegraph-ship at her moorings in the Channel, 1870

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The newest British destroyer: H.M.S. 'Nubian', 1909. Creator: Unknown

The newest British destroyer: H.M.S. "Nubian", 1909. Creator: Unknown
The newest British destroyer: H.M.S. "Nubian", 1909

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: G.G. Ward, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

G.G. Ward, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
G.G. Ward, 1918. Shows George Gray Ward, Vice President and General Manager of the Commercial Cable Company who resided in New York City

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Office of the Telegraph Company at Bombay, 1870. Creator: Unknown

Office of the Telegraph Company at Bombay, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Office of the Telegraph Company at Bombay, 1870. We have received from Dr. E. W

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: First telegraph despatch from Lyon, 4 March 1815, (1921). Creator: Unknown

First telegraph despatch from Lyon, 4 March 1815, (1921). Creator: Unknown
First telegraph despatch from Lyon, 4 March 1815, (1921). Premiere depeche telegraphique de Lyon

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Great Eastern, 1860: The Vessel leaving Southampton on her First Voyage

The Great Eastern, 1860: The Vessel leaving Southampton on her First Voyage, June 17, (1901)

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Sir Charles Wheatstone, professor of Experimental Philosophy

Sir Charles Wheatstone, professor of Experimental Philosophy, King's College, 1868

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Telegraph Room, Dem. Nat Comm'ee, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Telegraph Room, Dem. Nat Comm'ee, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Telegraph Room, Dem. Nat Comm'ee, between c1915 and c1920

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Pack horse used by U.S. Army Signal Corps

Pack horse used by U.S. Army Signal Corps, carrying chest of instruments for local outfit for wireless telegraph, 1916

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Bermocchi & his wireless 'iconograph'

Bermocchi & his wireless "iconograph"
Francesco de Bernocchi & his wireless "iconograph", between c1910 and c1915

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Bermocchi & his wireless 'iconograph'

Bermocchi & his wireless "iconograph"
Francesco de Bernocchi & his wireless "iconograph", between c1910 and c1915

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the Great Eastern off Brighton on her return home

The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the Great Eastern off Brighton on her return home - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: preparing for the final attempt to grapple the lost cable

The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: preparing for the final attempt to grapple the lost cable - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the paying-out machinery of the Great Eastern

The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the paying-out machinery of the Great Eastern - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the second buoy

The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the second buoy, marking the exact place where the cable was grappled, Aug. 8, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the first buoy

The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the first buoy, marking the supposed place where the cable was grappled, Aug. 3, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Indo-European Telegraph: Landing The Cable in the mud at Fao

The Indo-European Telegraph: Landing The Cable in the mud at Fao, Persian Gulf, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Telegraph map of the Eastern World, 1865. Creator: John Dower

Telegraph map of the Eastern World, 1865. Creator: John Dower
Telegraph map of the Eastern World, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Examining the Atlantic Telegraph Cable

Examining the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, after raising it, on board the Great Eastern, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Indo-European Telegraph: Mussendom Station

The Indo-European Telegraph: Mussendom Station, Elphinstone Inlet, Persian Gulf, 1865. From a sketch by Lieut. Hewett, of the gun-boat Clyde

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The breaking of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on board the Great Eastern

The breaking of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on board the Great Eastern, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: Sir Robert Peel addressing bystanders

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: Sir Robert Peel addressing bystanders
Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: Sir Robert Peel addressing the bystanders after the taking of the shore end of the cable to the Telegraph House at Valencia, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: watching the Caroline going out to sea

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: watching the Caroline going out to sea with the shore end of the cable, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: landing the shore end of the cable

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: landing the shore end of the cable from the Caroline at Foilhommerum, Valencia, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: receiving messages from the Great Eastern

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: receiving messages from the Great Eastern in the instrument-room of the Telegraph House at Foilhommerum, Valencia, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable:workmen on the road between Killarney and Valencia

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable:workmen on the road between Killarney and Valencia
Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: encampment of workmen on the road between Killarney and Valencia, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Robert Dudley

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Indo-European Telegraph: Elphinstone Inlet

The Indo-European Telegraph: Elphinstone Inlet, Persian Gulf, with a view of the Fort, 1865. From a sketch by Lieut. Hewett, commanding the gun-boat Clyde

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Telegraph lesson - crippled soldiers, 06 Feb 1919. Creator: Bain News Service

Telegraph lesson - crippled soldiers, 06 Feb 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Telegraph lesson - crippled soldiers, 06 Feb 1919

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Aviators practicing telegraphy, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Aviators practicing telegraphy, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Aviators practicing telegraphy, 1917

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Wireless, Pratt Institute, Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Wireless, Pratt Institute, Oct 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Wireless, Pratt Institute, Oct 1917. Members of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in telegraph training at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York during World War I

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Petropavlovsk. Post and telegraph, 1904-1914. Creator: Unknown

Petropavlovsk. Post and telegraph, 1904-1914. Creator: Unknown
Petropavlovsk. Post and telegraph, 1904-1914. National Library of Russia

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Signor Marconi, c1900. Creator: Unknown

Signor Marconi, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Signor Marconi, c1900. Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based wireless telegraph system

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Breguet Dial Telegraph Transmitter, c. 1870. Creator: Anonymous

Breguet Dial Telegraph Transmitter, c. 1870. Creator: Anonymous
Breguet Dial Telegraph Transmitter, c. 1870. Private Collection

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Western Union Office, between 1913 and 1917

Western Union Office, between 1913 and 1917. USA. Sign reads: Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office - Messengers Furnished

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Western Union Office, between 1913 and 1917

Western Union Office, between 1913 and 1917. USA. Sign reads: Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office - Messengers Furnished

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Western Union Office, between 1913 and 1917

Western Union Office, between 1913 and 1917. USA. Sign reads: Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office - Messengers Furnished

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Electric Telegraph for the Seat of War - Plough for Laying the Wire

Electric Telegraph for the Seat of War - Plough for Laying the Wire, 1854. Crimean War

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Electric Telegraph for the Seat of War - the Waggon, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Electric Telegraph for the Seat of War - the Waggon, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Electric Telegraph for the Seat of War - the Waggon, 1854. Crimean War

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Portrait of Édouard Branly (1844-1940), physicist, c1920. Creator: Unknown

Portrait of Édouard Branly (1844-1940), physicist, c1920. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Edouard Branly (1844-1940), physicist, c1920

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: An Indian Railway Station, 1854. Creator: Unknown

An Indian Railway Station, 1854. Creator: Unknown
An Indian Railway Station, 1854

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Laying down the Mediterranean Electric Telegraph Cable at Spezia, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Laying down the Mediterranean Electric Telegraph Cable at Spezia, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Laying down the Mediterranean Electric Telegraph Cable at Spezia, 1854. Cable-laying between Italy and Corsica

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Submarine Electric Telegraph between Dover and Calais - Temporary Station at Dover

Submarine Electric Telegraph between Dover and Calais - Temporary Station at Dover - Steamers preparing to Start, 1850. Ships laying a telegraph cable between England and France

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Submarine Electric Telegraph between Dover and Calais - The Electric Wire at Cape Grinez

Submarine Electric Telegraph between Dover and Calais - The Electric Wire at Cape Grinez, 1850. Ships laying a telegraph cable between England and France

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Submarine Electric Telegraph between Dover and Calais - The Goliah Steamer

Submarine Electric Telegraph between Dover and Calais - The Goliah Steamer "Paying Out" the Electric Wire, 1850

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Irrigation wheel at U.S. Telegraph Station

Irrigation wheel at U.S. Telegraph Station, between c1900 and c1930

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Telegraph operator in Irkutsk, head-and-shoulders portrait

Telegraph operator in Irkutsk, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, between 1880 and 1886. Written on verso: Telegraph operator in Irkutsk who spoke the language of Shakespeare's time

Background imageTelegraphy 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

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Telegraphic Love, n. d. Creator: Hablot Knight Browne

Telegraphic Love, n. d. Creator: Hablot Knight Browne
Telegraphic Love, n.d

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Field Telegraph, Battery Wagon, September 1864. Creator: David Knox

Field Telegraph, Battery Wagon, September 1864. Creator: David Knox
Field Telegraph, Battery Wagon, September 1864. [Scene from the American Civil War: covered wagon with US Military Telegraph Headquarters written on the side

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: U. S. Military Telegraph Construction Corps, April 1864. Creator: Alexander Gardner

U. S. Military Telegraph Construction Corps, April 1864. Creator: Alexander Gardner
U.S. Military Telegraph Construction Corps, April 1864. Albumen print, pl. 62 from the album " Gardners Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Moritz Hermann von Jacobis Telegraph, 1843. Creator: Historic Object

Moritz Hermann von Jacobis Telegraph, 1843. Creator: Historic Object
Moritz Hermann von Jacobis Telegraph, 1843. Found in the collection of State Central Railway Museum, St. Petersburg

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Portrait of Moritz Hermann von Jacobi (1801-1874), 1837. Creator: Hau, Eduard (1807-1887)

Portrait of Moritz Hermann von Jacobi (1801-1874), 1837. Creator: Hau, Eduard (1807-1887)
Portrait of Moritz Hermann von Jacobi (1801-1874), 1837. Private Collection

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Telegraph, and Church of St Olafs before the fire, 1843. Creator: Unknown

The Telegraph, and Church of St Olafs before the fire, 1843. Creator: Unknown
The Telegraph, and Church of St Olafs before the fire, 1843

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Electric Telegraph Station, at Slough, 1844. Creator: Unknown

The Electric Telegraph Station, at Slough, 1844. Creator: Unknown
The Electric Telegraph Station, at Slough, 1844. News of the birth of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is relayed to London

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Telegraphing the Abstract of the Indian Mail from Marseilles to Paris, 1844

Telegraphing the Abstract of the Indian Mail from Marseilles to Paris, 1844. Postal and telegraph service between India and Britain

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Military Telegraphic Corps, Army of the Potomac, Berlin, October 1862, 1862

Military Telegraphic Corps, Army of the Potomac, Berlin, October 1862, 1862

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The main telegraph office newly built in St. Petersburg and opened 14 October 1862, 1862

The main telegraph office newly built in St. Petersburg and opened 14 October 1862, 1862

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Atlantic Telegraph Cable Fleet Assembled at Berehaven (Southwest Coast of Ireland)

The Atlantic Telegraph Cable Fleet Assembled at Berehaven (Southwest Coast of Ireland): Ships, the Great Eastern, H.M.S. Terrible, the Alby, the Medway and the William Cory, 1866

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Bay of Bull Arms, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Bonfires Lighted on the Hills to Notify

The Bay of Bull Arms, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Bonfires Lighted on the Hills to Notify of the Arrival of the Cable Fleet on August 5th, 1858, 1865-66

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: The Settlement and Church of Hearts Content, Newfoundland, 1866

The Settlement and Church of Hearts Content, Newfoundland, 1866

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: First Telegraph House at Hearts Content, Newfoundland, 1866, 1866

First Telegraph House at Hearts Content, Newfoundland, 1866, 1866

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Exterior View of the Telegraph House in 1857-1858, 1865-66

Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Exterior View of the Telegraph House in 1857-1858, 1865-66

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Telegraph Cable Fleet at Sea, 1865, 1865-66. Creator: Robert Charles Dudley

Telegraph Cable Fleet at Sea, 1865, 1865-66. Creator: Robert Charles Dudley
Telegraph Cable Fleet at Sea, 1865, 1865-66

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: View Looking Aft from the Port Paddle-box on the Deck of the Great Eastern... 1865-66

View Looking Aft from the Port Paddle-box on the Deck of the Great Eastern... 1865-66
View Looking Aft from the Port Paddle-box on the Deck of the Great Eastern: Showing the Trough for the Cable, etc. 1865-66

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Valentia, Ireland, from the Harbor, Opposite Knight s-town, at the Period of Laying

Valentia, Ireland, from the Harbor, Opposite Knight s-town, at the Period of Laying the Cable of 1857, 1865-66

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline and Boats

Foilhummerum Bay, Valentia, Looking from Cromwell Fort: The Caroline and Boats Laying the Earth Wire, July 21st, 1865, 1865-66

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: Coiling the Cable in the Large Tanks at the Works of the Telegraph Construction

Coiling the Cable in the Large Tanks at the Works of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company of Greenwich, 1865, 1865

Background imageTelegraphy Collection: In the Bows of the Great Eastern: The Cable Broken and Lost, Preparing to Grapple

In the Bows of the Great Eastern: The Cable Broken and Lost, Preparing to Grapple, August 2nd, 1865, 1865



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