Gallery
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Samuel Morse's first
telegraph, using artist's
canvas stretcher, 1835
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1837 Daguerrotype,
Still Life,
ammonites (detail) |
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Cooke-Wheatstone
5-needle telegraph
England, 1837
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Telegraph key
with spring-loaded switch
1838
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Daguerre's camera,
built by Giroux,
1839 |
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Cover of first
pirated version of
Daguerre's manual,
1839
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