Unspecified / ca 1860
Telegraph Register
The Smithsonian catalogs Telegraph Register as telegraph receiver in its Communication, telegraph records.
This Chubbuck telegraph register sits atop a wood base, with brass construction. The brass plate on the display base reads “Morse Register Manufactured by A.S. Chubbuck, Utica, N.Y. about 1860. Property if W.U. Tel. Co., Eng. Dept., New York”. Its serial number is 622.
A CLOSER LOOK
The Smithsonian lists the object under Communication, telegraph and dates it ca 1860.
This Chubbuck telegraph register sits atop a wood base, with brass construction. The brass plate on the display base reads “Morse Register Manufactured by A.S. Chubbuck, Utica, N.Y. about 1860. Property if W.U. Tel. Co., Eng. Dept., New York”. Its serial number is 622.
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