Telegraph Register
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The telegraph register sits atop a wooden base, with a brass construction and glass plates. It has a serial number of 220, along with “89” on the frame, and “4” penciled on the bottom. A small tag reads, “Emboss Register 13”. No maker is evident.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Communication, telegraph
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Union
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.294351.008
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: catalog number
content: 294351.008
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telegraph receiver
label: Object Name
content: telegraph register
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in x 6 in; 21.59 cm x 34.29 cm x 15.24 cm