Telegraph Register
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This telegraph register has a metal base and frame, with brass gears and gold decoration painted on the base. The base is marked “patd aug. 15th 1876”. Marked on a metal plate nailed to the base reads “western electric (/) company (/) chicago & new york”. A small tag reads “Western Union Museum 84” and “JEW Personal 102”.
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.294351.010
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: catalog number
content: 294351.010
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telegraph receiver
label: Object Name
content: telegraph register
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in x 9 in; 16.51 cm x 26.67 cm x 22.86 cm