Tillotson telegraph unit
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1890
name: label: maker
content: L. G. Tillotson & Co.
label: maker
content: Tillotson
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This Tillotson telegraph transceiver sits atop a wood base, with a metal rim, brass frame and terminals, and 6 electromagnets. It is marked “L.G. Tillotson & Co (/) Seldens Patent (/) March 23rd 1889”. A small tag reads “Ticker W.U. Mus. 91 [crossed out] and “105”. The key, relay and printing telegraph register are mounted on a common base.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.294351.018
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: catalog number
content: 294351.018
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Receiver, Tape
label: Object Name
content: telegraph tape receiver
label: Object Name
content: telegraph transceiver
label: Other Terms
content: Receiver, Tape; Telegraphy; Receiver
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 8 3/4 in x 16 in; 13.335 cm x 22.225 cm x 40.64 cm