Telegraph Collection (#7)

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331086 The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph)

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331059 The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph)

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331057 The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph)

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331048 The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph)

Interior of Telegraph louse, 1858
3478755 Interior of Telegraph louse, 1858; (add.info.: Interior of Telegraph louse, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, 1858.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Great eastern steamship used to lift the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1866
3478947 The Great eastern steamship used to lift the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1866; (add.info.: The Great eastern steamship used to lift the Atlantic telegraph cable)

Laying the Trans-Atlantic cable at Foilhommerum Bay, 1865
3478900 Laying the Trans-Atlantic cable at Foilhommerum Bay, 1865; (add.info.: Laying the Trans-Atlantic cable at Foilhommerum Bay, near Valentia, Ireland, 1865.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Workmen's camp at Killarney in Ireland, 1865
3478898 Workmen's camp at Killarney in Ireland, 1865; (add.info.: Workmen's camp at Killarney in Ireland as the Atlantic telegraph is opened in 1865.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3330068 The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph)

Portrait of Edouard Branly, c. 1910 (painting)
1755769 Portrait of Edouard Branly, c. 1910 (painting); (add.info.: Edouard Branly (1844-1940) inventor of wireless telegraph, painting, c. 1910); Photo: Tallandier

Map of the World showing various Cable Routes (litho)
8631764 Map of the World showing various Cable Routes (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Map of the World showing various Cable Routes)

A kiss by telegram (coloured photo)
8656179 A kiss by telegram (coloured photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A kiss by telegram. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Western Union Trans-Atlantic Cables and Connections, c.1916 (litho)
8641589 Western Union Trans-Atlantic Cables and Connections, c.1916 (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Western Union Trans-Atlantic Cables and Connections)

Front elevation of Cooke and Wheatstone's single needle telegraph, 1850
3479993 Front elevation of Cooke and Wheatstone's single needle telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Front elevation of Cooke and Wheatstone's single needle telegraph.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A husband and wife crying after receiving news about the loss of their child. 1863 (engraving)
5615964 A husband and wife crying after receiving news about the loss of their child. 1863 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

Robert Hooke's proposal for an aerial telegraph (engraving)
5616548 Robert Hooke's proposal for an aerial telegraph (engraving); (add.info.: Illustration depicting Robert Hooke's proposal for an aerial telegraph)

The Breguet's and Bellancourt's serial telegraph
5616535 The Breguet's and Bellancourt's serial telegraph; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the Breguet's and Bellancourt's serial telegraph. Dated 19th Century)

A telegraph tower
5616533 A telegraph tower; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a telegraph tower that is using Murray's Shutter System. Lord George Murray (1694-1760) a Scottish Jacobite general

S Crosley's model pneumatic telegraph
5616456s Crosley's model pneumatic telegraph; (add.info.: Illustration depicting S. Crosley's model pneumatic telegraph)

An invention by Claude Chappe, 1790 (engraving)
5616544 An invention by Claude Chappe, 1790 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

The submarine electric telegraph cable
5308077 The submarine electric telegraph cable.; (add.info.: Cartoon commenting on the submarine electric telegraph cable connecting France and England. Dated 19th century)

The transportation of the cables used in the Atlantic Telegraph
5308156 The transportation of the cables used in the Atlantic Telegraph.; (add.info.: Print depicting the transportation of the cables used in the Atlantic Telegraph)

A pneumatically operated perforating machine for Morse electric telegraphs
5311724 A pneumatically operated perforating machine for Morse electric telegraphs; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a pneumatically operated perforating machine for Morse electric telegraphs)

Illustration showing a transmitting key for a Morse Telegraph. 1906. The electrical telegraph
5311577 Illustration showing a transmitting key for a Morse Telegraph. 1906. The electrical telegraph, or more commonly just telegraph, superseded optical semaphore telegraph systems

Telegraph printer of David Hughes (1831-1900) in 1854
JAB4121524 Telegraph printer of David Hughes (1831-1900) in 1854.; (add.info.: Telegraph printer of David Hughes (1831-1900) in 1854.); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

The ship "The Great Eastern" installs the cable for the transatlantic telegraph between Europe
NWI4952973 The ship "The Great Eastern" installs the cable for the transatlantic telegraph between Europe and North America

Public tour of the steamboat Great Eastern, gree for laying the Atlantic cable, England, circa 1850. Colour engraving
NWI4962799 Public tour of the steamboat Great Eastern, gree for laying the Atlantic cable, England, circa 1850. Colour engraving.; (add.info.: Public tour of the steamboat Great Eastern)

Setting up the telegraph cable linking Ireland and Scotland, 1893
3479169 Setting up the telegraph cable linking Ireland and Scotland, 1893; (add.info.: Setting up the telegraph cable linking Ireland and Scotland, 1893.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Dom Gauthey, 1870
3479301 Dom Gauthey, 1870; (add.info.: Artist's reconstruction of Dom Gauthey, a Benedictine monk, demonstrating his acoustic telegraph to the Academie des Science 1782)

Aenaeus Tacitus's telegraph system, 1850
3480156 Aenaeus Tacitus's telegraph system, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Aenaeus Tacitus's telegraph system; with smoking torches)

Perforating machine for preparing Morse messages on telegraphs, 1891
3479938 Perforating machine for preparing Morse messages on telegraphs, 1891; (add.info.: Perforating machine for preparing Morse messages on telegraphs)

David Hughes's printing telegraph of 1855, 1855
3479625 David Hughes's printing telegraph of 1855, 1855; (add.info.: David Hughes's printing telegraph of 1855. This was powered by clockwork, with a driving weight of about 50kg)

Duerden's woodpecker telegraph, 1872
3480048 Duerden's woodpecker telegraph, 1872; (add.info.: Duerden's woodpecker telegraph, 1872.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Diagram of quadruplex repeating telegraph system, 1879
3480037 Diagram of quadruplex repeating telegraph system, 1879; (add.info.: Diagram of quadruplex repeating telegraph system, 1879.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Indicator (receiver) of Breguet's dial telegraph, 1891
3480034 Indicator (receiver) of Breguet's dial telegraph, 1891; (add.info.: Indicator (receiver) of Breguet's dial telegraph, 1891.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Transmitter of Breguet's dial telegraph, 1874
3480030 Transmitter of Breguet's dial telegraph, 1874; (add.info.: Transmitter of Breguet's dial telegraph, 1874.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The publication of a report of the Royal Commission on Telegraphic Communication between Lighthouses and Lightships
3480008 The publication of a report of the Royal Commission on Telegraphic Communication between Lighthouses and Lightships and the shore

A women receiving a Telegram in 1893, 1893
3480002 A women receiving a Telegram in 1893, 1893; (add.info.: A women receiving a Telegram in 1893.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Instrument room at the Electric Telegraph Office, 1860
3479989 Instrument room at the Electric Telegraph Office, 1860; (add.info.: Instrument room at the Electric Telegraph Office; Lothbury; London. 1860.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850
3479988 Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph)

Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850
3479985 Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Cooke & Wheatstone's double needle telegraph)

Cooke/Wheatstone needle telegraph, 1845
3479982 Cooke/Wheatstone needle telegraph, 1845; (add.info.: Cooke/Wheatstone needle telegraph used on the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway, 1845.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Message being received by a more printing telegraph, 1890
3479971 Message being received by a more printing telegraph, 1890; (add.info.: Message being received by a more printing telegraph.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Transmitting key for a Morse telegraph, 1895
3479969 Transmitting key for a Morse telegraph, 1895; (add.info.: Transmitting key for a Morse telegraph. Simple brass lever mounted on hinge A with spring are F to lift lever when operator releases)

Laying down the Mediterranean telegraph cable at Spezzia, 1854
3479550 Laying down the Mediterranean telegraph cable at Spezzia, 1854; (add.info.: Laying down the Mediterranean telegraph cable at Spezia, Italy, 1854.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331082 The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph)

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331172 The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph)

The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850
3331067 The Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Great Eastern used during the creation of the Atlantic Telegraph)

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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.