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date: label: associated date
content: 1858 08 05
notes: label: Description
content: The telegraph was used from the 1840s until the mid 20th century as a way to transmit information over long distances. In 1854 Cyrus Field was determined to lay telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean. Working with the British and after numerous attempts on August 5th, 1858 the cable was successfully laid covering nearly 2000 miles and a depth at points of more two miles.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Political History: Political History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Messrs. Joseph B, Morton, Norman, Benjamin, and Harvey G. Stack
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.238841.05
label: catalog number
content: 238841.05
label: accession number
content: 238841
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ribbon
label: Object Type
content: ribbon
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, mounted: 5 7/8 in x 2 11/16 in; 14.9225 cm x 6.82625 cm