Samuel F.B. Morse at the US Capitol opening the first commercial telegraph circuit between Washington and Baltimore on May 24, 1844 [photoprint, copy of woodcut.]
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name: label: Collector
content: Western Union Telegraph Company
label: Names
content: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
label: Collection Creator
content: United Telegraph Workers.
label: Collection Creator
content: Western Union Telegraph Company
topic: label: Topic
content: Telegraph, Wireless
creator: label: Collector
content: Western Union Telegraph Company
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content: Western Union Telegraph Company Records
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content: Western Union Telegraph Company Records / Series 23: Photographs / 23.9: Samuel F.B. Morse / Painting of S.F.B. Morse, portraits & correspondence, 1840s.
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content: 1 Item (8.1" x 9.9")
unitdate: label: Date
content: Date of woodcut unknown
container: label: Container
content: Box 753, Folder 4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Photographs
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content: Woodcuts
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content: Woodcuts
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content: Oval image.