Hummel "Telediagraph" transmitter
date: label: date made
content: 1898
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Telediagraph Transmitter. Invented by Ernest A. Hummel of St. Paul. Donor was Hummel's son-in-law, married to Helen Hummel. Reference: Bill Farmer, "Telediagraph was Early Day Wirephoto," St. Paul Pioneer Press (12 March 1972). Wooden cabinet with hinged door front. Machine rests on top of cabinet protected by box made of four glass and one wooden sides. Box has unattached 2-piece hinged cover. Machine has a cylinder with paper-like wrapping with picture of woman's face. Two buttons and one circular plate with handle on top of cabinet in front of glass side of box.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from F. R. Jeffords
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.333601
label: accession number
content: 299496
label: catalog number
content: 333601
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Telediagraph Transmitter
label: Object Name
content: Transmitter
label: Other Terms
content: Transmitter; Telegraphy
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 in x 19 in x 22 in; 104.14 cm x 48.26 cm x 55.88 cm