section of telegraph cable
Datemid 19th-mid 20th Century
Inventory Number1997-1-0703
ClassificationTelegraph Cable
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions1 × 1 × 4.4 cm (3/8 × 3/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Material
DescriptionA length of telegraph cable in a copper sheath. The cable rests on a piece of card board or sign board, held in place by a couple of pieces of twine.
The exterior of the cable is covered in dark deposits.
The exterior of the cable is covered in dark deposits.
Signedunsigned
Siemens Brothers & Company, Ltd.
Date: circa 1898
Accessories: wooden case
Object number: DW0299
Cyrus W. Field
Date: 1858
Accessories: accompanying letter, signed by Cyrus W. Field (DW0356b); two commemorative medals (DW0356c and DW0356d)
Object number: DW0356a
American
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: 1997-1-0700
India Rubber, Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Company Limited
Date: 1879
Object number: DW0357
Siemens-Schuckertwerke GmbH
Date: 1919-1966
Object number: 1989-0017
Siemens-Schuckertwerke GmbH
Date: 1919-1940
Object number: 1989-0015
Samuel F. B. Morse
Date: 1844
Accessories: letter to President Eliot with envelope; card with historical description
Object number: 1997-1-0318
Siemens-Schuckertwerke GmbH
Date: 1919-1940
Accessories: none
Object number: 1989-0016