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[edit] First Telegraph

"This sentence was written from Washington by me at the Baltimore Terminus at 8.h 45min. A.M. on Friday May 24.th 1844, being the first ever transmitted from Washington to Baltimore by Telegraph and was indited by my much loved friend Annie G. Ellsworth." {signature-Sam F. B. Morse.} Superintendent of Elec. Mag. Telegraphs.
Source: http://rs6.loc.gov/mss/mcc/019/0001.jpg Text: "This sentence was written from Washington by me at the Baltimore Terminus at 8.h 45min. A.M. on Friday May 24.th 1844, being the first ever transmitted from Washington to Baltimore by Telegraph and was indited by my much loved friend Annie G. Ellsworth." {signature-Sam F. B. Morse.} Superintendent of Elec. Mag. Telegraphs.
Source: http://rs6.loc.gov/mss/mcc/019/0001.jpg Text: "This sentence was written from Washington by me at the Baltimore Terminus at 8.h 45min. A.M. on Friday May 24.th 1844, being the first ever transmitted from Washington to Baltimore by Telegraph and was indited by my much loved friend Annie G. Ellsworth." {signature-Sam F. B. Morse.} Superintendent of Elec. Mag. Telegraphs.
Reason
Important historical technical document
Articles this image appears in
Electrical telegraph, Telegraphy, American Morse code
Creator
Samuel F. B. Morse (1844)
  • Support as nominator — Spikebrennan 22:11, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
  • comment - kinda neat at full size, but the thumb is pretty pathetic... Don't know if anything can be done about that. Would support if we can get a zoomed in scrolling version. Debivort 04:49, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Pop in some wiki code and you're set. Jumping cheese 06:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
    • How's this? It can be modified/adjusted easily enough. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-06-28 18:38Z
      • Or use the {{wide image}} template, but either is fine. Oh...and Support. Very encyclopedic and historical pic. Great quality for such an old subject. Jumping cheese 03:44, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment - It's shocking how beautiful the penmanship on the "indited" message is. Morse must have been going s ... l ... o ... w. --TotoBaggins 13:45, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • You can see what look like rough versions (in pencil maybe) underneath the fancy lettering. It looks like the first draft wasn't as pretty. Debivort 20:25, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong support. Historic, encyclopedic and good quality.--Svetovid 15:09, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Support. Excellent, very historic. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-06-28 18:38Z
  • Support, I like it. 8thstar 18:47, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Oppose - wonderful encyclopaedic value, but awful technical quality. Full of JPG artifacts, and it would be nice if it was a little higher res vertically. E9T4A8. I've also expanded the div containing the image above, but I've used a relative measure (percent not pixels, vector not absolute) to specify its width so it scales for those running at higher and lower resolutions. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 18:57, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong support. The paper wasn't straight when it was originally photographed, so I'd say it's accurately preserved here. Stitching is very well done if you look at the top/bottom edges.-DMCer 07:15, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Supoort - The historical importance of the image outweighs the technical issues in my opinion. Supaluminal 03:57, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Support --Fir0002 02:27, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Promoted Image:The First Telegraph.jpg MER-C 08:58, 5 July 2007 (UTC)