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| Box |
Folder |
Description |
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Subseries
1: Western Union Buildings and Property, 1900-1980 |
| 711 |
1-3 |
Pre-1900 |
| |
4 |
Post 1900 |
| |
5 |
Western Union laboratory
and offices, April 1926 |
| |
6 |
Interior shots, various
locations, n.d. |
| 712 |
1 |
Interior shots, various
locations, n.d. |
| |
2 |
North Sydney, Nova
Scotia, Western Union Cable Station, 1875-1903 |
| |
3 |
Miscellaneous, 1874-1926 |
| |
4 |
AT & T Building,
New York, NY, 1965 (newspaper clipping) |
| |
5 |
Photoprints of exhibits--American
Exposition, San Diego 1935; Texas Centennial Exposition 1936. |
| |
6 |
Locust & 11th
Streets, Philadelphia, PA |
| |
7 |
Western Union Building
in New Orleans, LA |
| 751 |
1 |
[American District
Telegraph] 195 Broadway New York City, 1897 |
| |
|
General Electric Communication
Center by Western Union |
| |
|
Wheatstone Department
of NY Main, 1888. |
| 778 |
1 |
Ocean Cable System
Leased Property, as of 1933 |
| |
2 |
Ocean Cable System
Leased Property (includes: London, Belfast, and Birmingham),
n.d. |
| 785 |
1 |
Western Union Office,
Kabelkantoor, Amsterdam, n.d. |
| |
2 |
Western Union Operating Room,
Ellicott Square, Buffalo, NY, 1896 |
| 828 |
1 |
Western Union offices:
Flagstaff, Arizona
Globe, Arizona
Kingman, Arizona
Anaheim, California
Berkeley, California
Blythe, California
Burbank, California
Calexico, California
Fullerton, California
Inglewood, California
Long Beach, California
Los Angeles, California
International Airport, Los Angeles, California
Merced, California
Modesto, California
Montebello, California
Mountain View, California
Newport Beach, California
Oakland, California
Ontario, California
Oxnard, California
Billings, Montana
Glasgow, Montana
Missoula, Montana
Carson City, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Le Grande, Oregon
Moses Lake, Washington
Olympia, Washington
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| |
|
Subseries
2: Poleyards and Construction, 1901-1927 |
| 718 |
1-2 |
Poleyard photoprint
album, 1919-1926 |
| |
3 |
Photoprints of telegraph
poles, 1901; 1927 |
| |
|
Subseries
3: Western Union Albums (numbered), 1856-1953 |
| 713 |
1 |
Album # 279 (66-49)
Miscellaneous early equipment & memorabilia, compiled
ca. 1933 |
| |
2 |
Album #1237, Miscellaneous
equipment, ca. 1920s-30s, |
| |
3 |
Album # 2100, Photographic
notebook, 1872-1914 (not inclusive) |
| 714 |
1 |
Album # 2100 Photographic
notebook, 1856-1940 (not inclusive) |
| |
2 |
Album # 219 Photographic
notebook, 1900s. |
| 715 |
1 |
Album # 219 Photographic
notebook, 1930s. |
| |
2 |
Album # 219 Photographic
notebook, n.d. |
| |
3 |
Album #2101 #84-47,
WUTC Laboratories, Offices, Cable Stations, Exhibitions, 1913-39 |
| 716 |
1-2 |
Album #2103 #84-52,
"Equipment by Kleinschmidt, Morkum, Teletype, Potts &
others, ca. 1918-29." |
| |
3 |
Album #2107/#84-48,
Miscellaneous equipment, 1926-31; 1937; 1940 |
| 717 |
1 |
Album #2195, Antiquated
Telegraph Instruments donated to Western Union Museum |
| |
2 |
Album #2340, Subcenters
& Concentrator, ca. 1930s |
| |
3 |
Album #2342, Telefax
Switching Systems, n.d; 1953 |
| 719 |
1 |
Album #2382, The Consolidated
Telegraph and Electrical Subway Company, n.d. |
| 717 |
4 |
Album #2385, Reperferator
Switching System, Philadelphia, Pa., n.d. |
| 720 |
1 |
Album, Switchboard,
Plugs and Jacks, 1922-1931. |
| |
2 |
Album #2389 Switchboard,
Plugs and Jacks, 1928-29 |
| 721 |
1 |
Album #66-43, #607-651,
Tickers, n.d |
| |
2 |
Album # 66-51, Operating
room, Buffalo, N.Y., ca. 1896. |
| |
3 |
Album #84-47, WUTC
Laboratories, offices, cable stations, exhibitions, 1913-1939 |
| 722 |
1 |
Album #84-48, Miscellaneous
equipment, 1913-1930s, |
| |
2 |
Album, Reperferator
switching systems, 1935-1940s |
| |
3 |
Album, Western Union
Automatic Telegraph |
| 723 |
1 |
Album, Chattanooga
Works of WUTC/Var Shops/Pole Yard Operations, 1929. |
| |
2 |
Album, Reperferator
switching systems, ca. 1947. |
| 724 |
1 |
Album, Equipment;
office interiors; employees at work. |
| |
2 |
Album, Miscellaneous
equipment--Boston, Plan 21-A by floor, n.d. |
| |
3 |
Album, Miscellaneous
equipment--Boston, n.d. |
| |
|
Subseries
4: Cable Stations, 1917-1961 |
| 725 |
1 |
Amsterdam and Antwerp,
1921-1922 |
| |
2 |
Barbados and Miscellaneous
West Indies, 1920-1921 |
| |
3 |
Bay Roberts Office/Flat
Rock Cove/Spaniards Bay, 1925 |
| |
4 |
Bristol and Liverpool,
1922; 1924 |
| |
5 |
Duxbury and Rye Beach,
1917; 1922-1934 |
| |
6 |
European Branch Offices,
1924 |
| |
7 |
Galveston, Texas,
1930 |
| 726 |
1 |
Harbor Grace, Newfoundland,
Canada, 1913-1919 |
| |
2 |
Havana and Cojimar
and Miscellaneous Cuba, 1919-1920;1954 |
| |
3-4 |
Horta, Azores Islands |
| 727 |
1 |
London, 1925-1954
(not inclusive) |
| |
2 |
Manchester, England,
1930 |
| 728 |
1 |
Mexico City, Mexico,
1948 |
| |
2 |
Miami Beach and Miami
City, 1922-1925; 1954 |
| |
3 |
Montreal, 1954; 1961 |
| |
4 |
Paris and Le Havre,
1924-1927; 1954 |
| |
5 |
Penzance, England,
1925 |
| 784 |
|
Miami-Barbados Cable
Album
Sennen Cove-Valentia Cable Album, |
| 729 |
1 |
Penzance and Sennen
Cove, England, 1921-1925; 1954 |
| |
2 |
Placentia Colinet
& Misc. Newfoundland, Canada, 1919; 1943 |
| |
3 |
Puerto, Mexico Office,
1948 |
| |
4 |
Rantem and Island
Cove, 1921-1925 |
| 730 |
1 |
Saint Pierre, 1930;
1950-1954 |
| |
2 |
Tampico, 1929-1930;
1948 |
| 733 |
2 |
Valentia, Ireland,
1929-1931; 1952;1954; |
| |
3 |
Vera Cruz, 1929; 1948 |
| 731 |
1 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Summer, 1939 |
| |
2 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Hammel |
| |
3 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Duxbury |
| |
4 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Canso |
| |
5 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Canada |
| |
6 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Heart's Content |
| |
7 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Rantem and Island Cove |
| |
8 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Valentia, Ireland |
| |
9 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Penzance/Sennen Cove, England |
| |
10 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Cojimar/Havana |
| |
11 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-C.S. Lord Kelvin (land and ship views) |
| |
12 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Miami, Key West /JW. Atkins Schooner |
| |
13 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Colinet/Freshwater Huts, Newfoundland, Canada |
| |
14 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Unidentified |
| 732 |
1 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Cable ships and equipment |
| |
2 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Horta, Azores Islands |
| |
3 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Halifax |
| |
4 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Tampico |
| |
5 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Vera Cruz |
| |
6 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Unidentified |
| |
7 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-Miscellaneous |
| |
8 |
Negatives of Cable
Stations-New York/Penzance Loaded Cable |
| |
|
Subseries
5: Cable Ships, 1924-1954 (not inclusive) |
| 718 |
4 |
Robert C. Clowry,
1909 |
| 733 |
1 |
C.S. Colonia, 1926
(laying #4 BR-PZ loaded cable) |
| 779 |
1 |
C.S. Colonia, n.d. |
| 735 |
1 |
C.S. Cyrus Field,
1924 (includes photos of C.S. Lord Kelvin) |
| 779 |
2 |
C.S. Cyrus Field (special
survey), 1960-1961 |
| 734 |
1 |
C.S. John W. Atkins,
1929;1954 (includes Key West & Punta Rassa cable station) |
| |
2 |
C.S. Lord Kelvin,
1938 |
| |
3 |
C.S. Lord Kelvin,
n.d. |
| 779 |
3 |
C.S. Lord Kelvin (propellers),
n.d. |
| |
4 |
C.S. Lord Kelvin,
1938-1941 |
| |
5 |
C.S. Neptune, n.d. |
| |
6 |
Miscellaneous cable
ships (C.S. Dellwood, C.S. Silverado, Guardian, Neptune, Norderney,
William H.G. Bullard) |
| |
|
Subseries
6: Miscellaneous Albums, 1912-[1954?] |
| 734 |
4 |
Cable Stations--Personnel
and Equipment, 1912;1923-1925 |
| 742 |
1 |
Station Equipment/Submerged
Repeater Program, [1954?] |
| |
2 |
Western Union Album,
n.d. (miscellaneous images) |
| |
3 |
Miami Hurricane, September
1926 (printed booklet of photos) |
| |
|
Subseries
7: Equipment, 1866-1957 |
| 736 |
1 |
Lecture Room at New
York University where Morse first demonstrated his telegraph
in December,1835; Bell Telephone Receiver, 1876 (glass plate);
Bell Telephone Transmitter, 1876 (glass plate); Sprague Motor,
1909 (broken glass plate); Pittsburg, PA, Operating Room occupied,
March 31, 1899. |
| |
2 |
Early telegraph tickers,
1866. |
| 737 |
1 |
Atlantic Cable photos,
1866-1904. |
| |
2 |
Anglo-American Telegraph
Co., Ltd., Hearts Content, Newfoundland, ca. 1872. |
| |
3 |
Western Union Cable
boat, Robert C. Clowry, 1903. |
| |
4 |
"Installation
of Raritan Bay Submarine Cable, 1917." |
| |
5 |
Calgan Switches; Spring
Jack Switchboards; Small Western Office Equipment, 1920s;
Promontory Point, 1869 (reproduction). |
| |
6 |
Ticker switchboards,
May, 1920; various interior locations, (31 photos). |
| 738 |
1 |
(Switchboards) 1927-48,
(16 numbered R-photos, 15 unnumbered). |
| |
2 |
Chicago Century of
Progress Exhibition, 1933. |
| |
3 |
"New Equipment
Designed & Developed by Western Union for the Advancement
of the Art of Telegraphy," June, 1938, (including facsimile
equipment). |
| |
4 |
Switching Systems,
ca. 1930s |
| 739 |
1 |
Western Union clocks
and time displays, 1930s |
| |
2 |
Reperferator equipment,
Atlanta, Oakland, St. Louis, 1930s-1940s. |
| |
3 |
"Federal Reserve
System, 1940," (20 R-photos). |
| 740 |
1 |
"Multifax,"
ca. 1940. |
| |
2 |
"Modern Telegraphy,"
1945; "Dial Telefax System, 1942-1943." |
| |
3 |
Reperferator switching
systems (US Steel), 1941. |
| |
4 |
World War II, 1944. |
| 741 |
1-2 |
World War II, 1944. |
| 742 |
3 |
World War II, 1945-46. |
| |
4 |
World War II, 1946. |
| 743 |
1 |
Leased switching systems,
1940s, n.d. |
| |
2 |
Switching Systems
and miscellaneous equipment, n.d., 1956. |
| |
3 |
Western Union Cable
ship (photoprint of painting by Van Nobel, 1957) |
| |
4 |
Varioplex equipment,
n.d., (20 R-photos, 1 unnumbered). |
| |
5 |
Relays; Automatic
Telegraph, n.d., (24 R-photos, 10 others). |
| |
6 |
Carrier Systems, n.d. |
| 744 |
1 |
Mono Pulse Printing
Telegraphic Sets, n.d. |
| |
2 |
Cable Relay developed
by W. G. Flahardy, n.d. |
| |
3 |
Deep-Sea Cable exhibit
material, n.d. |
| |
4 |
Early equipment, n.d. |
| |
5 |
Intaglio engraving
plate: Cartoon of President and General Manager of Western
Union (no name), n.d. |
| 780 |
1 |
Laying and testing
of experimental cable, Devonshire Bay, Bermuda, n.d. |
| |
2 |
Cable laying [England?],
1934-1938 |
| 781 |
1 |
Miscellaneous cable
laying (includes C.S. Darcia), n.d. |
| |
2 |
Miscellaneous cable
laying (includes C.S. Lord Kelvin), n.d. |
| |
3 |
Miscellaneous cable
laying, n.d. |
| |
4 |
Miscellaneous cable
laying, n.d. |
| 744 |
6 |
Miscellaneous equipment,
1910-1940s |
| |
7 |
Miscellaneous equipment,
1916-1951, (6 R-photos, 15 unnumbered). |
| 745 |
1-3 |
Miscellaneous equipment,
1930s-1940s. |
| 746 |
1-2 |
Miscellaneous equipment,
some ca. 1940s, (7 R-photos, 33 others). |
| |
3 |
Miscellaneous equipment,
most have n.d., some 1948, 1950 |
| 747 |
1 |
Miscellaneous equipment,
n.d.; G. R. Benjamin Teletype |
| |
2-4 |
Miscellaneous equipment,
n.d. |
| |
5 |
Miscellaneous equipment,
n.d., (53 R-photos, 18 others) |
| |
|
Subseries
8: People, 1869-1940s |
| 748 |
1 |
Western Union Messengers,
1869-1930s |
| |
2 |
Western Union Messengers,
1885-1933 |
| 749 |
1 |
Western Union Messengers,
1900-1940s |
| |
2 |
Western Union Messengers,
1926 (negatives) |
| |
3 |
Western Union Messengers,
ca. 1930s |
| 750 |
1-2 |
Western Union Messengers,
ca. 1930s |
| |
3 |
Western Union Delivery
Service, 1938 Ford |
| |
4 |
Men working on cable
ship, n.d. |
| 751 |
2 |
Driving the last spike,
1869 |
| |
3 |
Portraits/groups,
pre-1900 |
| |
4 |
Portraits/groups,
1900-1920 |
| |
5 |
Portraits/groups,
ca. 1920s-1940s |
| |
6 |
Portraits/groups,
Pony Express |
| 752 |
1 |
Photoprint of Battle
of Gettysburg, fiftieth anniversary, 1913. |
| |
2-4 |
Portraits/groups,
n.d. |
| 753 |
1 |
Miscellaneous photos,
including correspondence (J. Haggerty),
1940s-1950s. |
| |
2 |
Western Union Presidents
(Newcomb Carlton, R. C. Cowry, Thomas Eckert, J.L. Egan, Norvin
Green, William Orton, Henry L. Potter, Hiriam Sibley, Thomas
VailRoy Barton White A.N. Williams). Also included, but not
a president is Edward Creighton. |
| |
Missing |
Wire Club of NY--photos
and ephemera |
| |
|
Subseries
9: Samuel F.B. Morse, 1840s, n.d. |
| |
3 |
Photoprint of Morse
commemorating Centennial of Telegraph. |
| |
4 |
Painting of S.F.B.
Morse, portraits & correspondence, 1840s. |
| |
5 |
Morse family history
photos, n.d.. |
| |
|
Subseries
10: Cable Photographs, 1925-1942 (Facsimiles) |
| 754 |
1 |
Cable Photographs--Negatives,
1925-1935 |
| |
2 |
Cable Photographs--Negatives,
1938
Facsimile test charts and lab tests and charts |
| |
3 |
Cable Photographs--Negatives,
1939
Mrs. Chamberlain and King of England |
| |
4 |
Cable Photographs--Negatives,
1939
Clipper and Newcomb Carlton |
| |
5 |
Cable Photographs--Negatives,
1939
Expander test |
| |
6 |
Cable Photographs--Negatives,
1940
Proxy test, 7B, Drawings |
| |
7 |
Cable Photographs--Negatives,
1941
Fax, engineering test |
| |
8 |
Cable Photographs--Negatives,
1942
Engineering fax, Cyrus Field, trumpet player, conscription,
sample greeting card, Mr. Williver |
| |
9 |
Cable Photographs--Negatives,
n.d.
Overturned car, King and Queen at life preserver drill |
| |
10 |
Cable Photographs--Negatives,
1939-1940
Landing cable, Chart 7B, 42nd Broadway Street, shaping test,
print matter, LD equipment |
| |
11 |
Cable Photographs--Negatives,
1939-1940
LD equipment, Chart 7B, test of max size, 75 line |
| 755 |
1 |
Cable Photographs--Negatives,
1940
60/75/80 line tests |
| |
2 |
Cable Photographs--Negatives,
1939-1942
Scanning tests/100 line, chart 8 with expander, tube center,
Graf Spee, Western Union mobile office and building, King
and Queen at life preserver drill, test type chart |
| |
3 |
Cable Photographs-Negatives,
1939-1940
Test Chart 7B, Chart 7B, Simultaneous readings on old and
new machines, lab test on new machine, test picture |
| |
4 |
Cable Photographs-Negatives,
1939
Chart 7B traffic test, test of expansion, engineering fax
7, engineering fax 8, engineering fax 9, Hicks, Time Inc.,
Chart &A test transmission, concentration camp, Generals
Gort and Ironside, tests |
| |
5 |
Cable Photographs-Negatives,
1939
LD Equipment, HM test, printed matter |
| |
6 |
Cable Photographs-Negatives,
1939-1942
Chart 7B, test faxes, LD Equipment, test strips of 4VA corrector,
London equipment, examples of drawings, Mr. McKisick, Lawton,
Western Union Mobile Office Bldg., Newcomb Carlton, engineering
test fax 36, Cyrus W. Field Cable ship |
| |
7 |
Cable Photographs-Negatives,
1939-1940 |
| 756 |
1 |
Cable Photographs-Negatives,
February 1939-June 1939
First picture on cable, Mr. & Mrs. Chamberlain, British
princess, Eleanor Roosevelt, scan test results, Hitler speaking,
Clipper in new York, Hitler at parade, burning of S.S. Paris,
Kennedy's and King and Queen of England, Jewish refugees,
submarine Thetis. |
| |
2 |
Cable Photographs-Negatives,
February 1939-June 1939
Eleanor Roosevelt, Yankee Clipper, Horse Race, type size chart,
vogue hat design, King and Queen of England, King Zog, LD
equipment, Western Union Mobile Office, map mediation action,
Chamberlain and flower girl, Clipper, English girl, Newcomb
Carlton, vogue cartoon, printed matter, chart 5B. |
| |
3 |
Cable Photographs-Negatives,
March 1939-June 1939
Test, printed matter, Cyrus Field, test, tie design, messenger
boy and lady, English girl, Newcomb Carlton, DeLapp's wife
and baby, Cyrus Field, printed matter, speaker, messenger
and lady, Stanhope eating, girl, Foley, bad gear pattern,
dress design, girl, Western Union Mobile Office, mansion house,
messenger boy and lady, Clipper, King ? troops marching? |
| 757 |
1 |
Cable Photographs-Negatives,
April 1939-August 1940
Vogue fashion picture Mr. Willever, Mr. White, Mr. Titley,
Mr. McKisick, Mr. Shute, Mr. D'Humy, Mr. Carlton, Mansion
house, girls, mobile Western Union Office, changing guard,
abbey, screen stars, tube center, Yankee Clipper, S.S. Paris,
dress design, messenger boy and lady, test, dress design,
tennis players, LD equipment, 60 line, lab test, drawing 50676,
hat design, messenger boys, Clipper in New York, snapshot
of boy, Big Ben. |
| |
2 |
Cable Photographs-Negatives,
April 1939-August 1940
Messengers, messenger delivering basket, Mr. Shute? Tests,
C.S. Scotia, samples for expanders, chart recordings, LD equipment,
expander data, chart 7B, chart 3, fax 3 and 4, expander tests
for LD, test charts, naval ship, dress design, conscription,
anti aircraft gun, Dutchess of Kent, war preparations, Winston
Churchill. |
| 758 |
1 |
Cable Photographs-Negatives,
March 1939-October 1941
Mr. Williams, engineering test, Clipper in New York, parade,
Yankee Clipper, Newcomb Carlton, Western Union Mobile office
and Building, messenger boys, Cyrus Field, changing of the
guard, Parliament Building, abbey, |
| |
2 |
Cable Photographs-negatives,
stock proxies, 1939 |
| 759 |
1 |
Miscellaneous photoprints
transmitted by cable, ca. 1939 |
| |
2 |
Miscellaneous photoprints,
August 12, 1924; February 20, 1939-April 27, 1939 |
| |
3 |
Miscellaneous photoprints
and negatives, September 7, 1939-February 6, 1941 |
| |
4 |
Photoprints of Shipbuilding
Instruction, March 2, 1941 |
| |
5 |
Photoprints, January
18, 1942-June 15, 1942 |
| 760 |
1 |
Photoprints, June
18, 1942-September 30, 1942 |
| |
2 |
Photoprints, October
3, 1942-November 14, 1942 |
| |
3 |
Photoprints, February
1943 |
| 761 |
1 |
News clipping Album
of cable photoprints #783, April, 1939 |
| |
2 |
News clipping Album
#784, May, 1939 |
| |
3 |
News clipping Album,
#779, June-July, 1939 |
| |
4 |
News clipping Album,
#778, August, 1939 |
| |
5 |
News clipping Album,
#780, September-December 1939 |
| |
6 |
News clipping Album,
#781, January 1, 1940-May 31, 1940 |
| |
7 |
News clipping Album,
#782, June 1, 1940-December 31, 1940 |
| |
8 |
News clipping Album,
#785, January 1941-January 1942 |
| 762 |
1 |
Cable photoprints
& news clippings, ca. 1920s, [Album #2172] 86-04A |
| |
2 |
Western Union cable
photoprints from London to New York, 1939 [Album]. |
| |
3 |
Miscellaneous cable
photoprints from London to New York, 1939 |
| 763 |
1 |
24 Mounted "Teledeltos"
facsimile recordings of photographs as transmitted by Western
Union cable from London to New York between Feb. 26, 1939
and April 4, 1939.
From files of Vice Pres. F.E. d'Humy, 1949 |
| 765 |
1-2 |
Cable photos, London-New
York, Vol. 1, February 12, 1939-May 31, 1939 |
| |
3 |
Cable photos, London-New
York, Vol. 2, June 1, 1939-August 31, 1939 |
| 766 |
1 |
Cable photos, London-New
York, Vol. 2, June 1, 1939-August 31, 1939 |
| |
2-3 |
Cable photos, London-New
York, Vol. 3, September 1, 1939-December 31, 1939 |
| 763 |
2 |
Cable photoprints,
London -New York, Vol. 4, June 1, 1940-May 31, 1940 (facsimiles), |
| |
3 |
Cable photoprints,
London-New York, Vol. 6, September 1, 1940-September 18, 1940
(facsimiles), |
| 764 |
1 |
Cable photoprints,
London to New York, Vol. 6, September 19, 1940-October 9,
1940 (facsimiles), |
| |
2 |
Cable photoprints,
London-New York, Vol. 6, October 10, 1940-December 29, 1940
(facsimiles) |
| 782 |
1 |
Cable photos, London-New
York, Vol. 7, December- November 1941 |
| |
2 |
Cable photos, London-New
York, Vol. 7, September-October 1941 |
| |
3 |
Cable photos, London-New
York, Vol. 7, August-July 1941 |
| |
4 |
Cable photos, London-New
York, Vol. 7, June-May 1941 |
| |
5 |
Cable photos, London-New
York, Vol. 7, April-March 1941 |
| |
6 |
Cable photos, London-New
York, Vol. 7, February-January 1941 |
| 783 |
1 |
Cable photos, London-New
York, Vol. 8, January 1942-August 1942 (includes photos of
C.S. Lenoir and Silverado) |
| |
2 |
Jointing instruction
photos, n.d. |
| |
3 |
Sundfelt Cable machine
photographs, 1940s |
| |
|
Subseries
11: Wire Photos, 1922-1936 |
| 767 |
1 |
"Bartlane"
wirephotos received in London, 1922-1929. |
| |
2 |
"Bartlane"
miscellaneous photo clippings and blank sheets, 1923-1935 |
| |
3 |
"Bartlane"
wirephotos (European) received in New York, 1925-1928 |
| |
4 |
"Bartlane"
wirephotos received in London, 1927-1930 |
| |
5 |
"Bartlane"
wirephotos (European) received in New York, 1929-1933 |
| 768 |
1 |
"Bartlane"
wirephotos received in London, 1930-1931 |
| |
2 |
"Bartlane"
wirephotos received in London, 1932-1935 |
| |
3 |
"Bartlane"
wirephotos (European) received in New York, 1934-1936 |
| 769 |
1 |
Wirephoto transmission
comparisons, 1924-1932. |
| |
2 |
Wirephoto transmission
comparisons, 1925-1932. |
| |
3 |
"Bartlane"
wirephotos received in New York, 1925-1926. |
| |
4 |
"Bartlane"
wirephotos received in New York, 1927. |
| 770 |
1 |
"Bartlane"
wirephotos received in New York, 1928-1930. |
| |
2 |
"Bartlane"
wirephotos received in New York, 1931-1933. |
| |
3 |
"Bartlane"
wirephotos received in New York, 1934-1935. |
| |
4-5 |
Subseries
12: Slides, n.d. |
| |
4-5 |
Subseries
13: Oversized Photographs, 1870-1962 |
| 771 |
1 |
Western Union bouy
or anchor, n.d. |
| |
2 |
Facsimile of aircraft,
boarding passengers on water, n.d. |
| |
3 |
Concentrator switchboards
at Western Union, New York City main Office, n.d. |
| |
4 |
Train #3635 and two
unidentified men, n.d. |
| |
5 |
Facsimile of city
skyscrapers, n.d. |
| |
6 |
Cardiofax, n.d. |
| |
7 |
Western Union Messenger
in car, n.d. |
| |
8 |
Women working in a
central operating room, n.d. |
| |
9 |
Unidentified machine,
n.d. |
| |
10 |
Women depositing telegram
in Western Union Automatic Telegraph, n.d. |
| |
11 |
Woman transmitting
telegram using Western Union Automatic Telegraph, n.d. |
| |
12 |
Woman demonstrating
Western Union Multifax, n.d. |
| |
13 |
Vertical Recorder,
n.d. |
| |
14 |
Branch Telegraph Office,
Rockefeller Center, New York City, n.d. |
| |
15 |
Early model recorder,
1935 |
| |
16 |
Cut Blank Recorder,
n.d. |
| |
17 |
Transmitter recorder,
n.d. |
| |
18 |
Cablephoto recorder,
n.d. |
| |
19 |
Transmitter for wall
mounting, n.d. |
| |
20 |
Cyrus W. Field ship,
n.d. |
| |
21 |
Facsimile of Hitler
and other officers, n.d. |
| |
22 |
Facsimile of John
Wayne, n.d. |
| |
23 |
Facsimile examples
of: Unidentified man, unidentified building, telegram of 1941,
best and Company advertisement, and typical methods of actuating
time recorders, n.d. |
| 772 |
1 |
Western Union Commercial
Dinner, 1913 |
| |
2 |
Portrait of Newcomb
Carlton, 1930 |
| |
3 |
Portrait of unidentified
man, 1909 |
| |
4 |
Herb Carlson, illustrator |
| |
5 |
Report of Western
Union Museum (photo album), 1937-1938 |
| |
6 |
Early street scene/NYC
of Western Union building, 195 Broadway, n.d. |
| |
7 |
Western Union Telecar,
n.d. |
| |
8 |
Modern Push Button
Switchboard, n.d. |
| |
9 |
Western Union High
Speed Message Center, n.d. |
| |
10 |
Western Union Carrier
Installation, n.d. |
| |
11 |
Western Union Teleprinter-Simplex,
1920s |
| |
12 |
House's Telegraph
invented by Royal E. House, 1844 |
| |
13 |
Replica of telegraph
apparatus built by Morse in 1835 |
| |
14 |
Democratic National
Convention, Baltimore, Western Union temporary office at convention,
June 1912. |
| |
15 |
Unidentified man,
n.d. |
| |
16 |
Atlantic & Pacific
Highway line, Baltimore-Washington, 1924 |
| |
17 |
Western Union Railway
Car, n.d. |
| |
18 |
Portrait of Clarence
MacKay, n.d. |
| |
19 |
Group picture of unidentified
men, n.d. |
| |
20 |
Unidentified man,
n.d. (in gray folder) |
| |
21 |
Unidentified man,
n.d. (carnation of jacket lapel) |
| |
22 |
ADT Messengers, 1902 |
| |
23 |
Western Union President
Orton & Various District Supts. 1870 |
| |
24 |
Portrait of R.C. Clowry,
n.d. |
| |
25 |
Extracted from the
History of Woodstock, VT 1899 |
| |
26 |
American Rapid Highway
Line, Lincoln Highway, Pittsburgh & Stoyestown, PA, n.d. |
| 773 |
1 |
GAR & Confederate
Reunion @Gettysburg (Western Union office on battlefield),
1913. |
| |
2 |
Review of Postal telegraph
Messengers, n.d. |
| |
3 |
Portrait of Messenger
with bike, n.d. |
| |
4 |
Portrait of messenger
standing in front of office, n.d. |
| |
5 |
Portrait of Liverpool
staff of Western Union Cable System, n.d. |
| |
6 |
Memorable gathering
of U.S. Army Officers, n.d. |
| |
7 |
Testimonial Dinner
to R.W. Basset, 1928 |
| |
8 |
Portrait of Western
Union messenger (woman), n.d. |
| |
9 |
Portrait of unidentified
men, n.d. |
| |
10 |
Prof. Morse Sending
historic telegram |
| |
11 |
Portrait of U.S. Military
Telegraph Corps, 1907 (2 copies) |
| |
12 |
Ceremony on opening
of WU-Ital Cable connecting NYC to Rome, 1925 |
| |
13 |
Western Union A Century
of Progress, Chicago, 1934 |
| |
14 |
Portrait of Western
Union Employees, 1933 |
| |
15 |
U.S. Steel-Western
Union, 5th Anniversary Dinner, 1944 |
| |
16 |
Farewell Dinner to
R.B. White, 1941 |
| |
17 |
Complimentary dinner
to William Milne, 1919 |
| |
18 |
Dinner for R.C. Clowry,
1906 (2 copies) |
| |
19 |
Unidentified men gathered
around desk, n.d. |
| |
20 |
Portrait of men at
Mt. Vernon, n.d. |
| |
21 |
Western Union Conference
in NYC, 1914 |
| |
22 |
Portrait of unidentified
man at desk, 1908? |
| |
23 |
Photo of ticker machine,
n.d. |
| |
24 |
Portrait of Taylor
Terry, n.d. |
| |
25 |
Unidentified machine,
n.d. |
| |
26 |
Cable photo courtesy
International News , 1940s |
| |
|
Cablephoto courtesy
Acme news pictures, 1940s |
| |
|
Cablephoto courtesy
Times Wide World, 1940s |
| |
|
Cablephoto courtesy
Associated Press, 1940s |
| |
|
Cablephoto-London
courtesy Cablephoto transmitter, n.d. |
| |
|
Cablephoto, test transmission
of R.B. White, n.d. |
| |
|
Cablephoto of Queen
Elizabeth courtesy Associated Press, n.d. |
| |
|
Cablephoto of Western
Union Mobile Telegraph Office, n.d. |
| |
27 |
Bicycle messengers, Vancouver,
B.C., 1916 |
| 774 |
1 |
Western Union facsimile,
1938 (bound) |
| |
5 |
Unidentified building
(Clowry Building?), n.d. |
| |
4 |
Portrait, Key West,
Fla., 1898 |
| |
4 |
Operating Dept., Western
Union Telegraph Company, Pittsburgh, Penn., ca. 1900 |
| |
2 |
Unidentified sailing
vessel, n.d. |
| |
3 |
First commercial message
received, 1930 |
| |
3 |
U.S. Department of
Commerce Citation to Western Union, 1962 |
| |
3 |
Franklin Institute
Certificate Western Union, 1944 |
| |
3 |
Franklin Institute
Certificate Western Union, 1948 |
| |
3 |
Edward Longstreth
medal |
| |
2 |
Great Eastern?, n.d. |
| |
4 |
Photo of 4 people
around telegraph machine (reenactment?), n.d. |
| |
4 |
Signed photo of Cecil
B. deMille |
| |
4 |
Portrait of Goulding,
1914 |
| |
5 |
Modern Telegraph Switching
Counter, n.d. |
| |
2 |
C.S. Lord Kelvin,
n.d. |
| |
5 |
Telegraph power switchboard,
motor generator plant, and main line telegraph switch, 60
Hudson Street, New York City, n.d. |
| |
5 |
Oakland Center, January
1945 |
| 775 |
1 |
Retirement Dinner
of C.W. Frey, 1942. |
| |
2 |
White House reception
by Hoover to Western Union Messenger from Eastern States,
1930 |
| |
3 |
Western Union Bowling
Association Dinner and Entertainment, 1926. |
| |
4 |
Western Union Group
of 1890 |
| |
5 |
General Conference,
1940 |
| |
6 |
Construction Crew
of Western Union, June 18, 1892 |
| |
7 |
[Morse Telegraph?]
Unidentified men working, n.d. |
| |
8 |
Edison Telegraph Perforator,
1871-1872.
Unidentified men working at machine, n.d. |
| |
9 |
Tape Receiving Printer
Page Teleprinter Type 200
Telefax Tape Recorder |
| |
10 |
Western Union Teletape
Telefax
Large telegraph and telfax machine?
General Electric Communication Center by Western Union
Women at teleprinters
Dial telefax system |
| |
11 |
Unidentified woman
[Morrison?] Hollywood star?
Invitation of Morse to operation of Electro Magnetic Telegraph.
1838 (copy and negative)
Trailer tintypes comic. |
| |
12 |
Drawing of Morse Recorder
1835. Method of setting up the instrument.(blueprint) |
| |
13 |
Western Union Everywhere
To-Day To-Morrow, n.d.
Unidentified people with headsets listening, n.d. |
| 776 |
1 |
Railroad Tracks and
pole lines, n.d.
State of Washington 20% western red cedars, n.d.
State of Washington 20% western red cedars logging, n.d.
Southern Pacific Lines, Soda Springs, CA. 1914.
Ice on pole lines, 1940; 1927; 1936
Illinois Central Line, Cairo, IL, 1937
Southern Pacific Lines, 1927.
Wires and transformer, n.d.
Western Red Cedar, n.d. |
| |
2 |
Cable cutters, n.d.
Unidentified man plotting on chart, n.d. |
| |
3 |
Unveiling of Morse
Statute. 1871. (print of sketch)
Charles Curtiss, Chief Engineer of Commercial Cable, n.d. |
| |
4 |
Samuel F.B. Morse
Self-portrait of Morse |
| |
5 |
Men on power lines,
n.d. |
| |
6 |
Proposed open canopy
for existing counter at Penn Station, New York, 1937 (ink
and pencil) |
| |
7 |
Western Union Philadelphia
office storefront. 1936. (ink and pencil)
Western Union proposed illuminated sign for over Central Hanover
Bank 1931 (ink)
Western Union Highway Agency Sign (ink/paint)
Western Union Elevation of Alcoves A Century of progress Chicago.
1933 (ink, paint, pencil)
Western Union Philadelphia Office Interior. 1936 ( ink and
pencil)
Telegraph Here WU Sign. (ink and paint) |
| |
8 |
Western Union Teleprinter
(ink on paper)
Western Union Everywhere (ink and paint) |
| 777 |
1 |
C.S.Colonia, n.d. |
| |
2 |
Unidentified ships,
n.d. |
| |
3 |
Map of Franklin Co
& Southhampton Co., n.d.
Unidentified women, n.d. |
| |
4 |
Supervisory Force,
1888. |
| |
5 |
Wheatstone Department
of NY Main. 1888. |
| |
6 |
Group of postal telegraph
messengers. 1898 |
| |
7 |
Western Union Conference,
1914 |
| |
8 |
Western Union Dinner,
1915 (2 copies) |
| |
9 |
Western Union Early
Plant 1880/Modern Plant 1933 |
| |
10 |
Christmas Wreath?
And Letter of Alfred Vail. 1847. |
| |
11 |
Baltimore Hotel, Kansas
City, MO. 1915. (2 copies) |
| |
12 |
Annual dinner Morse
Electric Club, 1909. |
| |
13 |
Testimonial Dinner
for William Quinn, 1915 (2 copies) |
| |
14 |
Old Time Telegraphers
and Historical Association Reunion, 1910. |
| |
15 |
First Western Union
Bowling Association Banquet, 1916. |
| |
17 |
Farewell dinner to
G.E. Palmer, 1918. |
| |
16 |
Morse Club Outing,
College Point, Long Island, 1912. |
| |
18 |
Operating Room, 1910 |
| |
19 |
Electronics Laboratory,
Watermill, LI 1925-1926. |
| O/S Fldr 10 |
|
Bike messengers, n.d.
(2 copies) |
| |
|
Combination Duplex-Duplex
Half Repeater single leg |
| |
|
Combination Duplex-Duplex
Half Repeater single leg drop |
| |
|
Morse Electric Club,
1912 |
| |
|
Women operators, n.d. |
| |
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