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![[Worker repairing telegraph line?] (Andrew J. Russel)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTAvd29ya2VyLXJlcGFpcmluZy10ZWxlZ3JhcGgtbGluZS0wNmZjYTctMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/406/jpg "[Worker repairing telegraph line?] (Andrew J. Russel)")
![[Joseph T. Robinson] - Public domain portrait photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzUvMDEvMDEvam9zZXBoLXQtcm9iaW5zb24tMi02NDAuanBn/40/51/webp "[Joseph T. Robinson] - Public domain portrait photograph")
![[Petersburg, Virginia Military telegraph operators at headquarters; another group]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvcGV0ZXJzYnVyZy12YS1taWxpdGFyeS10ZWxlZ3JhcGgtb3BlcmF0b3JzLWF0LWhlYWRxdWFydGVycy1hbm90aGVyLWdyb3VwLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/33/webp "[Petersburg, Virginia Military telegraph operators at headquarters; another group]")
![[Man photographing line of cars]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvbWFuLXBob3RvZ3JhcGhpbmctbGluZS1vZi1jYXJzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Man photographing line of cars]")
![Andrew J. Graham's new and superior works on standard phonography. New York. [n. d.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjIvYW5kcmV3LWotZ3JhaGFtcy1uZXctYW5kLXN1cGVyaW9yLXdvcmtzLW9uLXN0YW5kYXJkLXBob25vZ3JhcGh5LW5ldy15b3JrLW4tNmQ4ODFjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/59/webp "Andrew J. Graham's new and superior works on standard phonography. New York. [n. d.].")
![Portrait photo of [Portrait of Charles S. Johnson]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDgvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtY2hhcmxlcy1zLWpvaG5zb24tMS02NDAuanBn/40/57/webp "Portrait photo of [Portrait of Charles S. Johnson]")
![Lieut. Thomas J. Ryan, [3/15/24]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjQvMDEvMDEvbGlldXQtdGhvbWFzLWotcnlhbi0zMTUyNC02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "Lieut. Thomas J. Ryan, [3/15/24]")
