Telecommunication Collection (#2)

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

The Indo-European Telegraph: Elphinstone Inlet, Persian Gulf, with a view of the Fort, 1865. Creator: Unknown
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

Crossroads
Tal Paz-Fridman

Alexander Graham Bell (right) experimenting with an x-beam tetrahedral kite, designer Mr
NWI4948745 Alexander Graham Bell (right) experimenting with an x-beam tetrahedral kite, designer Mr. Baldwin next to Dr Bell

Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s
NWI4954767 Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s.; (add.info.: Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Early wall-mounted telephone, 1800s
NWI4954762 Early wall-mounted telephone, 1800s.; (add.info.: Early wall-mounted telephone, 1800s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

House's electric printing telegraph, 1850
3479965 House's electric printing telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: House's electric printing telegraph. An electrical telegraph is a telegraph that uses electrical signals)

The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph
3585848 The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph; (add.info.: Illustration of the Cooke and Wheatstone Telegraph an early electrical telegraph system created by William Fothergill Cooke (1806-1879)

Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s
NWI4954779 Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s.; (add.info.: Early telephone combining the transmitter and receiver, 1800s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Charles Wheatstone, 19th century (engraving)
3585845 Charles Wheatstone, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) an English scientist and inventor during the Victorian Era

Cartoon depicting a young couple trying to use the telephone in the pursuit of love, 19th century
5308998 Cartoon depicting a young couple trying to use the telephone in the pursuit of love, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a young couple trying to use the telephone in the pursuit of)

Cartoon of Marconi with his wireless, 1903
NWI4947652 Cartoon of Marconi with his wireless, 1903.; (add.info.: Cartoon of Marconi with his wireless, 1903.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Female telephonists in Central Telephone Exchange
2604100 Female telephonists in Central Telephone Exchange; (add.info.: Central Telephone Exchange, rue de Lafayette, Paris, staffed by female telephonists)

Carrier pigeon released from the USS " Iowa" with a message for home port, 1897
NWI4759587 Carrier pigeon released from the USS " Iowa" with a message for home port, 1897.; (add.info.: Carrier pigeon released from the USS " Iowa" with a message for home port)

Communicating via speaking tube or hose, 1800s
NWI4759572 Communicating via speaking tube or hose, 1800s.; (add.info.: Communicating via speaking tube or hose, 1800s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Telegraph lesson - crippled soldiers, 06 Feb 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Telegraph lesson - crippled soldiers, 06 Feb 1919. Two soldiers, amputee veterans of World War I, leaning to use a telegraph at a vocational school for wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital

The Jackal tender and boats going to meet the American mail steamer at Roche's Point... 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Jackal tender and boats going to meet the American mail steamer at Roche's Point, near Queenstown [in Ireland], 1864

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

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

University of Washington, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
University of Washington, 1917. A trooper from the University of Washington militia using a portable field-telephone in a suitcase

German field telephone, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German field telephone, 1914. German soldier talking on telephone which is attached to a tree, next to a brick building, during World War I

Telegraph messenger, Berlin, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Telegraph messenger, Berlin, between 1914 and c1915. A woman telegraph messenger on a bicycle in Berlin, Germany during World War I

House of Mrs. Robert L. Dodge, 1933 Oct. Creator: Arnold Genthe
House of Mrs. Robert L. Dodge, 1933 Oct. 17. Address: Sefton Manor, Mill Neck, Long Island, New York. House designed in 1922 by Clinton and Russell for cosmetics executive Lillian Sefton Dodge

Celebration at Jersey of the Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Celebration at Jersey of the Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph, 1858. View of...the scene of popular excitement on the occasion in the streets of St. Helier

Celebration of the Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable at New York - the Illumination... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Celebration of the Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable at New York - the Illumination of the City Hall, 1858. Firework display, with inscription: All Honour to Cyrus [?] Field'

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia: Catamaran for Under-running the Shore-end... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia: Catamaran for Under-running the Shore-end of the Cable, 1858. View of Valentia

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia, from the North, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia, from the North, 1858. View of Valentia, to which island considerable interest attaches in connection with the Atlantic Telegraph

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia, the Landing-Place of the Atlantic Cable, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia, the Landing-Place of the Atlantic Cable, 1858. View of Valentia, to which island considerable interest attaches in connection with the Atlantic

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Valentia, 1858. View of Valentia, to which island considerable interest attaches in connection with the Atlantic Telegraph

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - the "Agamemnon" in a Storm, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - the "Agamemnon" in a Storm, 1858. Ship struggling in...the great storm on the 20th of June...the Agamemnon rolled so heavily

The Atlantic Telegraph Paying-Out Machine, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Atlantic Telegraph Paying-Out Machine, 1858. In the Engraving, which is taken from a photograph by Maull and Polyblank, the paying-out machine is shown in perspective nearest to the observer

The North Atlantic Telegraph - Cape Farewell, South Greenland, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The North Atlantic Telegraph - Cape Farewell, South Greenland, 1860. Cape Farewell is situated at the south-western end of Greenland

Proposed route of the North Atlantic Telegraph, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Proposed route of the North Atlantic Telegraph, 1860. The concession for the Danish territories on the proposed route was obtained by Colonel Shaffner in 1854

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

The North Atlantic Telegraph - Julianshaab, Capital of South Greenland, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The North Atlantic Telegraph - Julianshaab, Capital of South Greenland, 1860. Julianshaab is the capital of the district embracing the southern end of Greenland

The North Atlantic Telegraph - The Telegraph Expedition Company camping in Labrador, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The North Atlantic Telegraph - The Telegraph Expedition Company camping in Labrador, [Canada] 1860. The projected telegraph is to be laid into Hamilton's Inlet, latitude 54 deg. 30 min. N

The North Atlantic Telegraph - The Expedition arriving at Kaksimiut, Greenland, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The North Atlantic Telegraph - The Expedition arriving at Kaksimiut, Greenland, 1860. Kaksimiut is situated on the west coast of Greenland, about forty miles north of Julianshaab

Le telephone a l'arriere du front; apres un bombardement, les sapeurs telephonistes... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Le telephone a l'arriere du front; apres un bombardement, les sapeurs telephonistes, munis de leur masque, posent une ligne dans un fond ou persist l, action des gaz, 1918

The Atlantic Cable, ready for shipment, Morden Wharf, East Greenwich, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Atlantic Cable, ready for shipment, Morden Wharf, East Greenwich, [London], 1857. The core is conveyed to [Glass, Elliott, and Co.'s works at] East Greenwich upon large reels

Machines covering with Gutta Percha the Atlantic Cable Wire, at the Gutta Percha Company's... 1857
Machines covering with Gutta Percha the Atlantic Cable Wire, at the Gutta Percha Company's Works, Wharf-Road, [London], 1857

Manufacture of the Atlantic Submarine Cable, at Glass, Elliott, and Co.'s Works, East... 1857. Creator: Unknown
Manufacture of the Atlantic Submarine Cable, at Glass, Elliott, and Co.'s Works, East Greenwich, [London], 1857. The firm has...undertaken to complete 1250 miles within a specified period...The

Buhl Stamping Co. building, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Buhl Stamping Co. building, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915

Buhl Stamping Co. building, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Unknown
Buhl Stamping Co. building, Detroit, Mich. between 1905 and 1915

Sherman House, Mt. Clemens, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Sherman House, Mt. Clemens, between 1880 and 1899

Central Church and Armory, Worcester, Mass. c1906. Creator: Unknown
Central Church and Armory, Worcester, Mass. c1906

Buhl Stamping Co. Detroit, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Buhl Stamping Co. Detroit, between 1900 and 1905

Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, Pa. between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, Pa. between 1900 and 1906

Sue Dorsey, 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Sue Dorsey, 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Sue Dorsey, 1918

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"Revolutionizing Communication: From Marconi's Radio Apparatus to the Telegraph Receiver" Step back in time and explore the fascinating world of telecommunication, where innovation and technology have shaped human connection throughout history. Starting with Marconi's groundbreaking radio apparatus, which paved the way for wireless communication, we witness a remarkable transformation. The Lovell Telescope emerges as a symbol of scientific progress, enabling us to delve into the mysteries of space. In times of emergency, the early fire brigade street alarm acted as a lifeline for communities, alerting them to danger swiftly and efficiently. Meanwhile, Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station revolutionized global communication by connecting people across continents like never before. The Arecibo message and its decoded key C016 / 6817 represent humanity's attempt to reach out to extraterrestrial civilizations—a testament to our insatiable curiosity about what lies beyond our planet. Traveling through time brings us face-to-face with pivotal moments such as the switchboard at Newcastle Telephone Exchange on January 24th, 1931. Here, operators diligently connected calls that bridged distances and brought loved ones closer together. During wartime struggles in 1916, a wireless officer bravely sent messages via Morse Code from aboard a ship—an act that exemplified how telecommunication played an essential role in military operations. Fast forward to modern times—the Channel Tunnel stands tall as an engineering marvel that connects nations physically while fostering cultural exchange and economic growth. Meet "The Aerial Man, " who fearlessly climbed towering structures to ensure uninterrupted communication signals—his bravery kept society connected during challenging times. Witness the grandeur of Great Eastern—a colossal vessel instrumental in laying undersea cables that linked distant lands electronically—ushering in an era of instant long-distance communication unimaginable before its time. Finally, marvel at the Telegraph Printer from 1889 (C013 /8777), which transformed written words into electrical pulses, revolutionizing the speed and efficiency of information transmission.