Hummel "Telediagraph" receiver
date: label: date made
content: 1898
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Telediagraph Receiver. 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 swinging door front. Machine rests on top of cabinet protected by a box made of four glass and one wooden sides. Box has 2-piece hinged cover to protect glass. Machine has a cylinder with paper-like wrapping. Three attach points for hinges are on the outside edges of the cabinet.
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.333602
label: accession number
content: 299496
label: catalog number
content: 333602
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Telediagraph Receiver
label: Object Name
content: Receiver
label: Other Terms
content: Receiver; 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