Telecommunications Collection (page 5)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Sky Tower at Auckland, New Zealand

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

Woman on Phone, New York, USA, June 1984

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Messrs Glasse and Elliott's Atlantic Telegraph Cable Works yard at East Greenwich, London. The 1, 250 tons of telegraphic cable being laid out in five coils to go on-board the H.M.S

The Great Eastern under way, July 23rd, 1865, from The Atlantic Telegraph by William Howard Russell
STC192784 The Great Eastern under way, July 23rd, 1865, from The Atlantic Telegraph by William Howard Russell, published 1866 (colour litho) (see also 192775-783)

Men working on telephone lines, probably near a TVA dam hydroelectric plant, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Men working on telephone lines, probably near a TVA dam hydroelectric plant

Prince Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Prince Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

The Greensboro Lumber Co. Greensboro, Ga. 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
The Greensboro Lumber Co. Greensboro, Ga

Flagman standing at a distance behind a Santa Fe R.R. west bound freight... Bagdad, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Flagman standing at a distance behind a Santa Fe R.R. west bound freight train during a stop, Bagdad, Calif

Anson Stager, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Anson Stager, between 1855 and 1865. [Co-founder of Western Union, first president of Western Electric Manufacturing Company, Union Army officer

Marshall Jewell, 1865-1880. Creator: Unknown
Marshall Jewell, 1865-1880. Jewell, Hon. Marshall, Post-Master General, between 1865 and 1880. [Manufacturer, pioneer telegrapher, telephone entrepreneur

Rudolph Forster, March 18, 1903. Creator: Levin Handy
Forster, Rudolph, Secty. to Pres. Theo. Roosevelt. March 18, 1903. [Secretary to President Theodore Roosevelt]

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Yurt w./satellite dish & solar panel. Date: 07/05/2005

Grocery store across the street from Mrs. Ella Watson... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Grocery store across the street from Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman

Air raid wardens meeting in zone nine, Southwest area, Washington, D. C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Air raid wardens meeting in zone nine, Southwest area. Mr. Frederick Douglas, chairman, and Mrs. Hunton, secretary

Stump farm, typical of cut-over area of Western Washington, near Vader, Lewis County, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Stump farm. Typical of cut-over area of Western Washington. Lewis County, near Vader

Clarke, D. Edward, in office, between 1890 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Clarke, D. Edward, in office, between 1890 and 1910

The new WPA courthouse alongside the old county courthouse, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The new WPA (Work Projects Administration) courthouse alongside the old county courthouse. Bonners Ferry, Idaho

Down one street on Longview homestead project, Cowlitz County, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Cowlitz County, Longview. Down one street on Longview homestead project, several years after completion. Note fruit trees

Possibly: Down one street on Longview homestead project, Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington, 1939
[Untitled, possibly related to: Washington, Cowlitz County, Longview. Down one street on Longview homestead project, several years after completion. Note fruit trees]

Elma, Grays Harbor County, Western Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Western Washington, Grays Harbor County, Elma. Note type architecture, very common in western Washington

Abandoned farm in wheat country, on U. S. 97, Klickitat County, near Goldendale, Washington, 1939
Washington, Klickitat County, near Goldendale, on U.S. 97. Abandoned farm in wheat country

Buena, Yakima County, Washington, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Washington, Buena, Yakima County. Yakima Valley small town. A county which ranks fifth in the United States in value of agricultural production

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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.