A neglected anniversary of sorts came and went May 24; it was the first public demonstration of Samuel F.B. Morse’s telegraph 178 years ago at B&O Mount Clare Station, today the home of the Baltimore ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE For more than a century, lives and the world were affected by messages sent and received via a series of formalized “dits” and “dahs” known as Morse code. The tones are created by a ...

Thanks to Samuel F.B. Morse, communication changed rapidly, and has been changing ever faster since. He invented the electric telegraph in 1832. It took six more years for him to standardize a code ...

Brass spring fastened on edge to board, two binding posts and plug cut- out. This piece of equipment is called a plug or wedge cut-out. It was used to remove equipment from the line without opening ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. overall: 11.5 cm x 7.6 cm x 14 cm; 4 ...

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