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1. 1784.a.13, 2(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(73)
Title:
Battery wagon. Front of Petersburg, September, 1864. Photographer: Knox, David
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Close view of a telegraph wagon, with a figure seated inside operating the machinery and a heavily bearded figure posed outside the wagon: 'No feature of the Army of the Potomac contributed more to its success than the field telegraph. Guided by its young chief, Mr. A. H....
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1864
Extent:
1 item

2. 8765.dd.9(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
8765.dd.9(1)
Title:
Abraham's Hill [Duxbury]. Scene of the celebration. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Frontispiece. View looking towards the hill, where a large group is gathered to celebrate the landing of the Transatlantic cable at Duxbury, Massachussetts.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
27 Jul 1869
Extent:
1 item

3. 8765.dd.9(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
8765.dd.9(2)
Title:
Section of Duxbury Beach, on which the cable is landed. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Facing p. 8. General view looking along the beach and across the bay where the Transatlantic cable was brought to shore.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:
1 item

4. 8765.dd.9(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
8765.dd.9(3)
Title:
The landing [of the French Atlantic Cable at Duxbury, Mass.]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Facing p. 11. View looking down onto the beach, with two ships, presumably the 'Chiltern' and the 'Scanderia,' lying offshore.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:
1 item

5. 8765.dd.9(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
8765.dd.9(4)
Title:
Cable house on Rouse's Hummock [Duxbury, Mass.]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Facing p. 12. View looking towards the hill, with the cable house at its base, partly hidden by trees.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:
1 item

6. 8765.dd.9(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
8765.dd.9(5)
Title:
'Old Cove' [Duxbury, Mass.]. The point where the cable was brought to the mainland. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Facing p. 37. View looking along the cove.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:
1 item

7. 8765.dd.9(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
8765.dd.9(6)
Title:
Old Bank building. Terminus of telegraph at Duxbury. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Facing p. 54. General view of the bank building.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 70650 A(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(44)
Title:
The kind of telegraph pole grandpa Cooper was responsible for erecting from Persian Gulf to Russian border for the Indo-European Telegraph Co. [modern caption.] Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Showing a telegraph pole standing at the side of an unsurfaced road, at an unidentified location in Iran.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 70650 A(132)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(132)
Title:
Telegraphs office, Tehran, Indo-European Telegraph Company. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Interior view of office, with transmitting equipment laid out on the table on the left.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1910
Extent:
1 item

10. Godwin Photo 6/2(180)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 6/2(180)
Title:
Barbican Exhibition Print: Dufftown, Speyside, 1982. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A horse waits on a pavement by two public telephone boxes. Mounted on card 303 x 405 mm, inscribed '180/ 4852.17' and '13'. Exhibited in Barbican Gallery, Room Six (Last Land). Published in 'Bison at Chalk Farm' (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1982) p.31.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1982
Extent:
1 item