[Copy of ilustration of messenger from 'Reid, "Telegraph in America," page 574, 1879 edition. Black-and-white photoprint.]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: AC0205-0000006.tif (AC Scan)
name: label: Collector
content: Western Union Telegraph Company
label: Collection Creator
content: United Telegraph Workers.
label: Collection Creator
content: Western Union Telegraph Company
topic: label: Topic
content: Messengers
label: Topic
content: Telegrams
label: Topic
content: Telegraph, Wireless
creator: label: Collector
content: Western Union Telegraph Company
setName: label: See more items in
content: Western Union Telegraph Company Records
label: See more items in
content: Western Union Telegraph Company Records / Series 23: Photographs / 23.8: People / Western Union Messengers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper, 8.6" x 5.8")
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1879
container: label: Container
content: Box 748, Folder 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Copy photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Copy photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Engraving (?) of Western Union messenger holding telegram.]