Telegraph Collection (page 35)

The Atlantic Telegraph: On deck of SS Great Eastern searching cable for a fault after its recovery from the bottom of the Atlantic 31 July 1865. From WH Russell The Atlantic Telegraph London 1866

Landing the shore end of the Bombay cable at Aden. From JC Parkinson The Ocean Telegraph to India London 1870. Coloured lithograph

The Atlantic Telegraph: preparing to grapple for the broken cable from the bows of the SS Great Eastern 2 August 1865. From WH Russell The Atlantic Telegraph London 1866. Tinted lithograph

The Atlantic Telegraph: idealised view of cable passing under the ocean from Valentia, Ireland to Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Chromolithograph c1878

Main station of Exchange Telegraph Company, London, England, showing operator receiving a message on ticker-tape machine. Morse transmitting instrument connected directly to the Stock Exchange

Atlantic Telegraph: Father Neptune blessing Britannia and Uncle Sam on the successful laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable

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

Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph by tapping out code with key. Under table are we cells (batteries) supplying electricity. Wood engraving 1887

Transatlantic telegraph. William Thomsons (Lord Kelvin 1824-1907) receiving apparatus used at Brest, including his mirror galvanometer (left)

Morses first telegraph (1837) Wood engraving c1900

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

Great Eastern on the stocks in John Scott Russells (1808-1882) yard at Millwall on the Thames. View from the stern. Double-hulled, of all iron construction

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

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

Paul Jablochkoff (1847-1914) Russian telegraph engineer c1883. Jablochkoff invented the Jablochkoff candle, a carbon arc lamp. From Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science by Louis Figuier

Rolls of cable at Gutta-percha (rubber) Works From WH Russell The Atlantic Telegraph London 1866. Tinted lithograph

George Lesage (1724-1803), Swiss scientist, experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774. Wood engraving, Paris, c1870

George Louis Lesage (1724-1803), Swiss scientist, experimenting with the first electric telegraph, Geneva, 1774. From Louis Figuier Les Grandes Inventions, Paris, 1876

Cecil John Rhodes (1852-1902) English-born South African statesman, asking the German emperor for permission to run a telegraph line through German East Africa

Heliograph, a visual telegraph for sending and receiving messages by means of mirrors and sunlight. Here a British signal unit in tropical kit are sending a message to the fort in the distance

Aerial Telegraph: Ancient Greek soldiers tending a signal fire. It is claimed that news could be transmitted 525 km in a night. Liebig trade card c.1900. Chromolithograph

Aerial Telegraph. Roman signal towers. A basket containing fire was hung from an arm near the top of the tower and used to signal a message which was passed along a chain of similar towers

Aerial Telegraph: Naval Semaphore. Sailors hoisting flags which have been assembled to convey a message to a nearby vessel. Liebig trade card issued c.1900. Chromolithograph

Howard Russell (1820-1907) Irish-born British journalist. War correspondent for The Times (Crimean War) and The Daily Telegraph (Zulu War)

Women working in the main (telegraph) instrument room, Post Office Telegraph Headquarters, Telegraph Street, London. Wood engraving 1871

Wall Street bubbles: - Always the same. J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) American financier as a bull blowing bubbles of inflated values, for which a group of people are eagerly reach

Train in station on Illinois Central Railroad. Background, a map of ICRR lines in US, c1882. Transport Steam Locomotive Cowcatcher Headlight Passenger Ship Canal Barge Stagecoach Horse Carriage

Uncle Sam - Now Let Some of the Other Fellows Invent Something : cartoon by Charles Nelan (1858-1904) from New York Herald 9 January 1898..Uncle Sam in workshop, surrounded by Typewriter, Phonograph

John Watkins Brett (1805-1863) English telegraph pioneer who, with his brother Jacob, founded the General Oceanic Electric Telegraph Company (1845)

Charles Tilston Bright (1832-1888) English electrical engineer, born at Wanstead, Essex. He oversaw the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable

Louis Francois Clement Breguet (1804-1883) French pioneer of electric telegraphy. Engraving from Les Merveilles de la Science by Louis Figuier (Paris, c1870)

Print published in France in 1803 showing methods of invading England by air, sea, and tunnel. At the left by the harbour and on the hill overlooking it are Chappe telegraph towers

John Pender (1815-1896), English textile merchant, Liberal politician and pioneer of submarine telegraphy. Director of the first Atlantic Telegraph Company (1856)

Coit Tower, Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, California
Vintage postcard showing the Coit Tower and the surrounding grounds

Firemen Learn Telegraphy
Boston, Massachusetts: November 26, 1925 Boston firemen learning telegraphy

Original Morse Telegraph
Washington, D.C.: November 21, 1936 The original Morse telegraph receiver on which What Hath God Wroughtja was received on May 24, 1844 in Washington DC

The Laying Of The Cable: John And Jonathan Joining Hands, 1858. A Crude But Engaging Picture, Celebrating The Goodwill Between Great Britain And The United States Generated By The Successful

The Submarine Electric Telegraph, Point Of Landing The Cable At Sangatte, Near Calais, France

Comic Electric Telegraph, By G.r. Smith

Landing The Submarine Telegraph On The French Coast. Cave Through Which The Wire Is Carried, Up A Shaft In The Rock, 1851

The Submarine Telegraph Rope Complete

The Central Telegraph Office: Instrument Gallery

Franco-Prussian War: Installing the Telegraph at Grand Tremblay

LITTLEs IMPROVED ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, 1851 engraving

Telegraph locomotives, by Mr. Bonelli. Vertical section of the telegraph wagon, 1855. Engraving

Western Union Telegraph Office
United States: c. 1933 Night time view of a Western Union telegraph office

Western Union Messengers
United States: 1926 Western Union telegraph messengers pose for a portrait

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TELEGRAPH WIRES IN THE DESERT. Egypt, engraving 1879

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"Connecting the World: The Telegraph's Timeless Legacy" Main Street, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA - where the telegraph brought news from afar to this bustling town. Step into the printing room of the Daily Telegraph in 1900 and witness the birth of mass communication. Discover the grand entrance to Cal-Neva Lodge in Nevada, USA - a place where telegrams carried messages of excitement and anticipation. Bank and shops in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA - witness how telegraph lines transformed commerce and connected businesses across states. Travel back to the 1890s with an advert for Camp Coffee - a product that reached households through telegraphic promotions. Experience the hustle and bustle at Kings Cross station in London during British Railways' golden era (c1949-1950) when telegraphs kept trains on track. Unveil history through front pages of Daily Telegraph during WW1 (1914, 1918, and 1919), showcasing how vital telegraphs were for reporting war updates. Station Road in New Milton, Hampshire takes you on a journey down memory lane as you imagine telegram deliveries shaping local lives. Witness greatness as Great Eastern lays transatlantic telegraph cables – connecting continents like never before. Meet trailblazing women like our female telegraph operator from 1910 who shattered gender norms while transmitting important messages worldwide. Stand tall beside Orford Ness Lighthouse in Suffolk – guarding against maritime perils while serving as a beacon for crucial coastal communications via telegram. Early fire brigade street alarm reminds us how rapid communication through telegraphs saved lives by summoning help swiftly when disaster struck. In every corner of the world—from small towns like Salisbury to bustling metropolises—telegraphs have left an indelible mark on human history by bridging distances, connecting people, and shaping the way we communicate.