Samuel Morse introduced the telegraph, a telegram messaging tool on January 6, 1838. Now people even know Telegram as the name of a messaging application.
Telegraph operators receive training at Marconi House, England, (18/3/1913). The telegram service reached its peak of glory after a century of invention of the telegraph which was released on January 6, 184 years ago.
German army operator operates a telegraph in Warsaw, Poland (1/10/1914). Telegram was popular a century after the invention of the telegraph.
Workers perform maintenance on telegraph cables in Didcot, Berkshire, England (27/3/1930).
US soldiers practice strength by lifting telegraph poles during World War II, April 1942.
A worker winds a resistor wire at the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Works factory, Essex, England, 1916.
A worker winds a magnetic coil at the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Works factory, Essex, England, 1916.
Workers perform maintenance on telegraph cables on the platform of King Cross Station, London, October 1929.
A special car for sending letters and telegrams in London, England, (1/7/1907). At that time, it included sending telegrams abroad, namely to South Africa.
British politician Charles Hill (1904 - 1989), speaks to a telegraph operator at the King Edward Central Post Office, London, (4/26/1956).
Morse was born on April 27, 1791 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Besides the inventor of the telegraph and Morse code, he was also a painter. His paintings are in the classic Renaissance style.
