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"From Red Telephone Boxes to Satellite Communication

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Plan of the Battle of the Alma, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Plan of the Battle of the Alma, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Plan of the Battle of the Alma, 1854. Crimean War. The accompanying plan has been drawn by Major Hopkins, K.H. The different armies are represented by the variety of lines of shade

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Group: includes William Jennings Bryan (at desk, 2nd from right)... between 1910 and 1920

Group: includes William Jennings Bryan (at desk, 2nd from right)... between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Group: includes William Jennings Bryan (at desk, 2nd from right); and Josephus Daniels, middle of 2nd row, between 1910 and 1920. American politicians. Bryan was a lawyer and Secretary of State

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Josephus Daniels and group, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Josephus Daniels and group, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Josephus Daniels and group, between 1910 and 1920. American politician, newspaper editor and publisher: Secretary of the Navy during World War I

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

An Indian Railway Station, 1854. Creator: Unknown
An Indian Railway Station, 1854. A Correspondent...writes: "Having frequently seen in your Journal Illustrations of railway platforms in England

Background imageTelecommunications 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. The Mediterranean Electric Telegraph

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: War Council, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Council, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Council, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Council, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
War Council, 1917. Maj. Gen. George Barnett, Commandant, U.S.M.C; Blue, Victor, Rear Admiral, U.S.N.; Chief Bur. Nav.; Josephus Daniels, Secretary of The Navy, 1913-1921; Captain A.F

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: War Council, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Council, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Council, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Council, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
War Council, 1917. Maj. Gen. George Barnett, Commandant, U.S.M.C; Blue, Victor, Rear Admiral, U.S.N.; Chief Bur. Nav.; Josephus Daniels, Secretary of The Navy, 1913-1921; Captain A.F

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: War Council, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Council, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Council, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Council, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
War Council, 1917. Maj. Gen. George Barnett, Commandant, U.S.M.C; Blue, Victor, Rear Admiral, U.S.N.; Chief Bur. Nav.; Josephus Daniels, Secretary of The Navy, 1913-1921; Captain A.F

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Champ Clark, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Champ Clark, between 1910 and 1920

Champ Clark, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Champ Clark, between 1910 and 1920
Champ Clark, between 1910 and 1920. American politician and attorney James Beauchamp Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives, speaking on a candlestick telephone

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Edward B

Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Edward B
Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. [Edward Bruce Moore, US Patent Office]

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Edward B

Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Edward B
Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. [Edward Bruce Moore, US Patent Office]

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Edward B

Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Edward B
Edward B. Moore, Commissioner of Patents - At Desk, 1912. [Edward Bruce Moore, US Patent Office]

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Bureau of Engraving And Printing - Treasury Department, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Bureau of Engraving And Printing - Treasury Department, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Bureau of Engraving And Printing - Treasury Department, [Washington, DC], 1912. [Man in uniform using communications apparatus]

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Submarine Electric Telegraph between Dover and Calais - Temporary Station at Dover...1850

Submarine Electric Telegraph between Dover and Calais - Temporary Station at Dover...1850. Creator: Unknown
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 imageTelecommunications Collection: Billboard sign, Southern California, near Los Angeles, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Billboard sign, Southern California, near Los Angeles, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Billboard sign. Southern California, near Los Angeles. [African American maid answering the telephone: They's mostly out since they got that new Ford V.8 (motor car)]

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: [Untitled, possibly related to: Housing, Los Angeles], 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

[Untitled, possibly related to: Housing, Los Angeles], 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Housing. Los Angeles. Within five minutes walk of City Hall. Rent eight dollars to twelve dollars monthly]

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: En-route to pea harvest in Imperial Valley, U.S. 99, Tulare, California, 1939

En-route to pea harvest in Imperial Valley, U.S. 99, Tulare, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Entered California the fall of 1938. En-route to pea harvest in Imperial Valley. Car broke down. "Want to get back to Missouri if they ever get the money." U.S. 99. Tulare, California

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: U.S. 99. Near Tulare, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

U.S. 99. Near Tulare, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
U.S. 99. Near Tulare, California. Entered California fall of 1938. En-route to pea harvest in Imperial Valley. Car broke-down. "Want to get back to Missouri if they can ever get the money."

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Mission District, San Francisco, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Mission District, San Francisco, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Mission District. San Francisco, California. Rent twenty to twenty-two dollars a month for three or four rooms

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Practice in Morse Signalling, 1944. Creator: Unknown

Practice in Morse Signalling, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Practice in Morse Signalling, 1944. From "Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds. [Collins, London, 1944]

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: U.S. 99. Near Tulare, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

U.S. 99. Near Tulare, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
U.S. 99. Near Tulare, California. Entered California fall of 1938. En-route to pea harvest in Imperial Valley. Car broke-down. "Want to get back to Missouri if they can ever get the money."

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Submarine Electric Telegraph between Dover and Calais - The Electric Wire at Cape Grinez, 1850

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

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Submarine Electric Telegraph between Dover and Calais - The Goliah Steamer...1850. Creator: Unknown

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

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Queen Elizabeth II visits Plessey in Liverpool, and is seen here asking one of the System

Queen Elizabeth II visits Plessey in Liverpool, and is seen here asking one of the System X production workers about her job

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Boers Caught in the Act of Cutting the Telegraph Wires, 1902. Creators: Walter Paget

Boers Caught in the Act of Cutting the Telegraph Wires, 1902. Creators: Walter Paget
Boers Caught in the Act of Cutting the Telegraph Wires, 1902. Telegraph wires were cut and railways sabotaged by the Boers. From " South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: The Sky Tower at Auckland, New Zealand

The Sky Tower at Auckland, New Zealand

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Telegraph operator in Irkutsk, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, between 1880 and 1886

Telegraph operator in Irkutsk, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
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 imageTelecommunications Collection: Members of the Krasnoyarsk chess circle, participants of the telegraphic match between.... 1888

Members of the Krasnoyarsk chess circle, participants of the telegraphic match between.... 1888. Creator: Lukhtanska
Members of the Krasnoyarsk chess circle, participants of the telegraphic match between the teams of Krasnoyarsk and St. Petersburg from 11 November 1886 to September 1888

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: The International Exhibition: Ward's night-signal telegraph, 1862. Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition: Ward's night-signal telegraph, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Ward's night-signal telegraph, 1862....an ingenious system of marine telegraph, consisting of flags for day

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Rail fence with poor barbed wire fence in foreground, Person County, North Carolina, 1939

Rail fence with poor barbed wire fence in foreground, Person County, North Carolina, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Rail fence with poor barbed wire fence in foreground. Note telephone line. Person County, North Carolina

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Woman on Phone, New York, USA, June 1984

Woman on Phone, New York, USA, June 1984

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Cashier Doreen Bone of Dixons with one of the new legal CB Radios

Cashier Doreen Bone of Dixons with one of the new legal CB Radios. With legal Citizens Band coming in on the 2 November 1981, the North East has gone crackers over the peoples radio. 31st October 1981

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: CB Radio buffs Paul Bradwell, alias The Badger, (left) and Joseph Hunt

CB Radio buffs Paul Bradwell, alias The Badger, (left) and Joseph Hunt, alias Bluebird II. 2nd August 1983

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Operator on the Mayfair Exchange, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Operator on the Mayfair Exchange, 1932, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Operator on the Mayfair Exchange, 1932, (1933). Telephone exchange operator in Mayfair, central London. From " The Pageant of the Century". [Odhams Press Ltd, 1933]

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

The Great Eastern, 1860: The Vessel leaving Southampton on her First Voyage, June 17, (1901). The SS Great Eastern was an iron sailing steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel with John Scott

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: First transatlantic telephone call, from London to New York, 7 March 1926, (1935)

First transatlantic telephone call, from London to New York, 7 March 1926, (1935). Ringing Up " Uncle Sam"...the actual scene at the switchboard when London spoke to America by radio

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Stuarts cavalry cutting telegraph wires, American Civil War, c1861-1864 (c1880)

Stuarts cavalry cutting telegraph wires, American Civil War, c1861-1864 (c1880). Confederate general James Ewell Brown Jeb Stuart was known as a dashing cavalry commander

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Mr. Charles T. Bright, Chief Engineer of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Mr. Charles T. Bright, Chief Engineer of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Charles T. Bright, Chief Engineer of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1858. This gentleman, the chief engineer of the Atlantic Telegraph Company

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Displacement of the Cable on Board the 'Agamemnon', 1858

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Displacement of the Cable on Board the "Agamemnon", 1858. Storm of 20th June

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Breaking Adrift of the Coal on Board the 'Agamemnon', 1858

Laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cable - Breaking Adrift of the Coal on Board the "Agamemnon", 1858. A storm on 20th June....everything broke adrift, whether secured or not

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: E.C. Heasley, Jules A. Rodier and Maj. Montgomery in the telegraph room in the White House... 1898

E.C. Heasley, Jules A. Rodier and Maj. Montgomery in the telegraph room in the White House... 1898
E.C. Heasley, Jules A. Rodier and Maj. Montgomery in the telegraph room in the White House, set up to receive news of the Spanish-American War, 1898

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Mobile telecom transmitter relays and antenna are seen on the roof of a building in

Mobile telecom transmitter relays and antenna are seen on the roof of a building in Bordeaux, France, June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Berlins city skyline, with the TV tower at Alexanderplatz square

Berlins city skyline, with the TV tower at Alexanderplatz square, is seen at sunset in Berlin, November 2, 2014. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: CITYSCAPE SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: A television tower is pictured during sunset in Berlin

A television tower is pictured during sunset in Berlin October 18, 2014. REUTERS/Hannibal (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Television antennas are seen on the roof of buildings in the Andalusian capital of

Television antennas are seen on the roof of buildings in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: A trace of the Perseid meteor is seen over telecommunication masts in Krasnoyarsk Region

A trace of the Perseid meteor is seen over telecommunication masts in Krasnoyarsk Region
A trace of the Perseid meteor is seen in the moonless night sky over telecommunication masts in the Siberian Taiga area in Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia August 19, 2018

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Bristol 170 Freighter Mk. 31 G-AGPV

Bristol 170 Freighter Mk. 31 G-AGPV
Bristol 170 Freighter Mk.31 G-AGPV (msn 12370, ex VR380), the prototype Freighter / Wayfarer, after disposal by the Telecommunications Research Establishment at Defford

Background imageTelecommunications Collection: Coiling of the Atlantic cable on board H. M.s Agamemnon prior to the 1858 expedition to lay cable

Coiling of the Atlantic cable on board H. M.s Agamemnon prior to the 1858 expedition to lay cable from Britain to North
Coiling of the Atlantic cable on board H.M.S Agamemnon prior to the 1858 expedition to lay cable from Britain to North America




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"From Red Telephone Boxes to Satellite Communication: A Journey through Telecommunications History" Step into the past and explore the fascinating world of telecommunications. 📞🌍 1️⃣ In London, iconic red telephone boxes stand as a symbol of communication, connecting people near and far. 2️⃣ The Sputnik 1 stamp commemorates the historic moment when humanity ventured beyond Earth's atmosphere, paving the way for satellite communications. 3️⃣ Marconi radio valves revolutionized wireless communication, enabling messages to be transmitted across vast distances effortlessly. 4️⃣ Early fire brigade street alarms served as an early form of emergency communication, ensuring swift response in times of crisis. 5️⃣ Sending postcards featuring Sputnik 1 allowed people to share their excitement about space exploration and its impact on telecommunications. 6️⃣ Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station played a crucial role in transmitting signals from satellites orbiting our planet, bridging continents with ease. 7️⃣ Guglielmo Marconi, hailed as the father of radio invention, pioneered wireless telegraphy that transformed global communication forever. 8️⃣ The Arecibo message intrigued scientists worldwide—a coded key (C016 / 6817) unlocking potential extraterrestrial contact within its enigmatic contents. 🛸 9️⃣ Witnessing history unfold at Newcastle Telephone Exchange's switchboard on January 24th, 1931—operators diligently connected calls amidst buzzing wires and ringing bells. 🔟 From aboard a ship in 1916, a wireless officer skillfully tapped out Morse Code messages—an essential means of maritime communication during wartime. ⚓ 🔁 Telegraph poles lining transcontinental railroads facilitated rapid information exchange across vast landscapes—uniting nations like never before.