Telegraph Register
name: label: maker
content: Allen, Alexander
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An Allen telegraph register with two wire coils on a wood base and brass frame. The maker is Alexander Allen of Rochester NY. There is a small tag reads “H Ford 89”, which is crossed through, and “6”.
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.294351.005
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: catalog number
content: 294351.005
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telegraph receiver
label: Object Name
content: telegraph register
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 11 in; 13.97 cm x 12.065 cm x 27.94 cm