Artifact Details

Title

Telegraph key mechanism

Catalog Number

102630327

Type

Physical object

Description

The object consists of metal parts of a telegraph key.. "W. E. CO., NEW YORK, PAT'D DEC. 21, 1886" is stamped in three lines (as indicated by the commas within the quotation marks) on the side of the main brass base of the object.

Date

undated

Manufacturer

W. E. Company

Dimensions

1 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.

Category

Pre-computer/other

Collection Title

Gwen Bell artifact and book collection

Series Title

Pre-computing artifacts

Credit

Gift of Gordon & Gwen Bell

Lot Number

B68.80
 

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