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Early Morse Telegraph Key

Maker unknown

An early style of telegraph key associated with the system developed by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail.

Date
1843
Collection
National Museum of American History
Reference
EM.181410

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Record

Medium
Brass; mahogany
Origin
United States
Owner
Smithsonian Institution

In the Tapestry

Associated with
Samuel Finley Breese MorseA

Provenance and history

  1. 1843

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A

    americanhistory.si.edu

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