Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph, 1887.

Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph, 1887. He is tapping out the message with a key using the code developed by Samuel Morse and Alexander Bain. Under the table are wet cells (batteries) supplying electricity. (Photo by Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph, 1887.
Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph, 1887. He is tapping out the message with a key using the code developed by Samuel Morse and Alexander Bain. Under the table are wet cells (batteries) supplying electricity. (Photo by Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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463915481
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Hulton Archive
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January 01, 1887
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