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The standardization of time was revolutionary, transforming industry and commerce while laying the foundation for a variety of infrastructure services ranging from stock and commodities exchanges to radio and television broadcasting, the airline industry and much more. A partnership between the U.S. Naval Observatory, the Self Winding Clock Company and the Western Union Telegraph Company made i...

Before computers and software, the student of telegraphy had just a couple of options for individual instruction, one of which was phonograph records and the other of which was the Instructograph or a similar device. This video explains and demonstrates the operation of an early Instructograph. The unit shown was used by Cecil "Doc" Langdoc to learn Morse. Doc was a New York Central Railroad te...

This video consists of a demonstration of text transmitted in both International Morse Code and American Morse Code on a 1905 Vibroplex telegraph key dating from the first year of manufacture in 1905. Those interested in telegraph or telecommunications history are invited to join the Morse Telegraph Club, an association of retired telegraph operators, former telegraph industry employees, histor...

Children filing Christmas telegrams ("Santagrams") for transmission at the 2019 "Holidays in the Heart of the City" event at Saginaw, Michigan. The telegrams are transmitted via a working telegraph circuit using traditional instruments and techniques. The three message clerks are volunteers from the Saginaw Valley Amateur Radio Association (SVARA). See Part One for details of the transmission p...

A brief, unedited video showing Christmas telegrams ("Santagrams") being transmitted via a working telegraph circuit from the 2019 Saginaw, Michigan "Holidays in the Heart of the City" event. The transmitting operator is James Wades, International President of the Morse Telegraph Club. The message clerks are volunteers from the Saginaw Valley Amateur Radio Association (SVARA). Part Two shows ch...