Field Telegraph Station
Photograph
Taylor & Huntington
American
Field Telegraph Station
From The War for the Union 1861–1865
ca. 1863
Albumen silver print, printed ca. 1885
Image (each): 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in. (7.9 × 8 cm)
Mount: 4 × 6 15/16 in. (10.1 × 17.7 cm)
Museum accession
1981.5971.0013
Inscriptions printed in black ink on mount recto, LC: 1861 / The War For the Union. / 1865 [sideways along edge]
inscribed in image on recto, BL: 2351
printed in black ink on mount recto, BR: 2351. / Field Telegraph Station.. \ [FOR DESCRIPTION OF THIS VIEW SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD.]
printed in black ink on mount recto, RC: 1861 / Photographic War History. 1865 [sideways along edge]
printed in black ink on mount verso, RC: 2351. / Field Telegraph Station. \ It was often necessary to establish a telegraph service between \ different points in our lines very hurriedly. This view shows \ one of the characteristic field telegraph stations. An old piece of \ canvas stretched over some rails forms the telegrapher's office, \ and a "hard tack" box is his telegraph table; but from such a \ rude station messages were often sent which involved the lives \ of hundreds and thousands of soldiers. \ 1861—PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.—1865 \ This series of pictures are ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS taken [...] [sideways]
inscribed in image on recto, BL: 2351
printed in black ink on mount recto, BR: 2351. / Field Telegraph Station.. \ [FOR DESCRIPTION OF THIS VIEW SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD.]
printed in black ink on mount recto, RC: 1861 / Photographic War History. 1865 [sideways along edge]
printed in black ink on mount verso, RC: 2351. / Field Telegraph Station. \ It was often necessary to establish a telegraph service between \ different points in our lines very hurriedly. This view shows \ one of the characteristic field telegraph stations. An old piece of \ canvas stretched over some rails forms the telegrapher's office, \ and a "hard tack" box is his telegraph table; but from such a \ rude station messages were often sent which involved the lives \ of hundreds and thousands of soldiers. \ 1861—PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.—1865 \ This series of pictures are ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS taken [...] [sideways]
