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Washington, D.C. Mrs. Susan Poyce writing switching instructions on a blackboard at the Western Union telegraph office

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Washington, D.C. Miss Jane Anderson filling telegrams at the Western Union telegraph office

Washington, D.C. Miss Jane Anderson filling telegrams at the Western U...

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Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento C...

Significance: The Adams & Co. Building, Express and Banking House, built in 1853, was the center of a compact group of fire-proof brick structures in Sacramento, California's old "West End." This was Sacrament... More

Willie Cheatham, Western Union messenger #1. Says he is 16 years now; been messenger for 6 years. Late Sunday night, October 4th, I talked with him, still on duty, until 10 P.M. "You bet I know every crooked house in town. Went to school with one of those girls when she was straight. He[r] mother died and she went bad. Some young girls were there too. I go out to Red Light some with messages and packages, and if I want to, I bust right in and sit down." Hard face.  Location: Montgomery, Alabama.

Willie Cheatham, Western Union messenger #1. Says he is 16 years now; ...

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Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

"Switch" general operating department, Western Union Telegraph Building, New York

"Switch" general operating department, Western Union Telegraph Buildin...

Photoprint copyrighted by C.K. Bill. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Telegraph; Geogr.; Ph. Ind.

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WESTERN UNION OFFICE - Public domain portrait photograph

WESTERN UNION OFFICE - Public domain portrait photograph

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Washington, D.C. Mrs. Eva Poovey working with pneumatic tubes from which telegrams are taken at the Western Union telegraph office

Washington, D.C. Mrs. Eva Poovey working with pneumatic tubes from whi...

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Washington, D.C. Benie Lee Neal and Patricia Kaufman are checking the perforated tape at the Western Union telegraph office

Washington, D.C. Benie Lee Neal and Patricia Kaufman are checking the ...

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Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Wilbur H. Woodward, 428 Third St., N.W., Washington, D.C., Western Union messenger 236, one of the youngsters on the border-line, (15 yrs. old) works until 8 P.M. only.  Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Wilbur H. Woodward, 428 Third St., N.W., Washington, D.C., Western Uni...

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Fourteen year old Western Union Messenger #43. Works until 10:30 P.M. Goes to Reservation some.  Location: Houston, Texas.

Fourteen year old Western Union Messenger #43. Works until 10:30 P.M. ...

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Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Washington, D.C. The Western Union desk in the municipal airport

Washington, D.C. The Western Union desk in the municipal airport

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Washington, D.C. Miss Ethel Wakefield, a Western Union telegraph PBX operator

Washington, D.C. Miss Ethel Wakefield, a Western Union telegraph PBX o...

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Washington, D.C. Miss Dorothy Lutz, a Western Union telegraph messenger. She has been a messenger for nine months

Washington, D.C. Miss Dorothy Lutz, a Western Union telegraph messenge...

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Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Postal Telegraph boy, Danville, Virginia That night he refused to show me through the Red Light District, said the manager did not permit them to go on such errands. A Western Union boy (tallest boy in photo 2182) eagerly took me around and revealed an appalling intimate acquaintance with the district and the inmates. (See Hine report on Virginia messengers.)  Location: Danville, Virginia.

Postal Telegraph boy, Danville, Virginia That night he refused to show...

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Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

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Western Union Messenger #38, 14 years old. Been at it 4 months.  Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.

Western Union Messenger #38, 14 years old. Been at it 4 months. Locat...

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At the Western Union desk at the municipal airport in Washington, D.C.

At the Western Union desk at the municipal airport in Washington, D.C.

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Washington, D.C. Miss Dorothy Lutz, a Western Union telegraph messenger, with telegrams

Washington, D.C. Miss Dorothy Lutz, a Western Union telegraph messenge...

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Washington, D.C. Miss Louis Crist working in the routing center at the Western Union telegraph office

Washington, D.C. Miss Louis Crist working in the routing center at the...

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Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

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"Birthday greetings from 20,000 Massachusetts citizens" is the message inscribed on the outside of a huge envelope and delivered July 4th to Pres. Coolidge by Louis Demontreux, Honor. Messenger of the Western Union from Boston [White House, Washington, D.C.]

"Birthday greetings from 20,000 Massachusetts citizens" is the message...

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Washington, D.C. Jean Smith sending a Western Union telegram on the teleprinter to New York

Washington, D.C. Jean Smith sending a Western Union telegram on the te...

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Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento C...

Significance: The Adams & Co. Building, Express and Banking House, built in 1853, was the center of a compact group of fire-proof brick structures in Sacramento, California's old "West End." This was Sacrament... More

Fourteen year old Western Union Messenger #43. Works until 10:30 P.M. Goes to Reservation some.  Location: Houston, Texas.

Fourteen year old Western Union Messenger #43. Works until 10:30 P.M. ...

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Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger No. 7. 14 years of age. 1 year in service. Visits houses of prostitution. Guides soldiers to segregated district. Smokes. Still at school and works from 8:30 P.M. to 12:30 A.M. Investigator, Edward F. Brown.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

Frank F. Gibson, 1305 Linden St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger...

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Washington, D.C. Doris and Dorothy Bell send and receive telegrams from the Baltimore circuit at the Western Union telegraph office

Washington, D.C. Doris and Dorothy Bell send and receive telegrams fro...

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Leon Chatelain Jr., architect. Western Union tower

Leon Chatelain Jr., architect. Western Union tower

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Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road off U.S. 30, Laughlintown, Westmoreland County, PA

Western Union Telegraph Company, Jennerstown Relay, Laurel Summit Road...

Significance: The Jennerstown Relay was a part of the Western Union Telegraph Company's first commercial microwave telecommunications network known as the New York-Washington-Pittsburgh Radio Relay Triangle. ... More

Richard Pierce, 723 Walnut St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger No. 2. 14 years of age. 9 months in service. Works from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Smokes. Visits houses of prostitution. Investigator, Edward F. Brown.  Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Louis [i.e. Lewis] W. Hine, May, 1910.

Richard Pierce, 723 Walnut St. Western Union Telegraph Co. Messenger N...

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Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento C...

Significance: The Adams & Co. Building, Express and Banking House, built in 1853, was the center of a compact group of fire-proof brick structures in Sacramento, California's old "West End." This was Sacrament... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Hodges Gallop, Western Union Messenger No. 16, Norfolk, Virginia Lives, 201 Freeman Street. Been working here one month. He, and several other very young boys, work until 10:30 P.M. See also photo and label 2258, and report on messengers of Virginia  Location: Norfolk, Virginia.

Hodges Gallop, Western Union Messenger No. 16, Norfolk, Virginia Lives...

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Ocean Cable Bldg. Western Union Telegraph

Ocean Cable Bldg. Western Union Telegraph

View of Western Union Building with crowd, mainly men, involved in curb exchange in front of building. J248609 U.S. Copyright Office. No. C13804. Copyright by Irving Underhill, NYC.

Washington, D.C. Miss Dorothy Lutz, a Western Union telegraph messenger, getting a sheaf of telegrams to deliver

Washington, D.C. Miss Dorothy Lutz, a Western Union telegraph messenge...

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Washington, D.C. Miss Kathleen McCarthy, a Western Union teleprinter operator, receiving gumming telegraph messages

Washington, D.C. Miss Kathleen McCarthy, a Western Union teleprinter o...

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General Operating Department, Western Union Telegraph Building, New York

General Operating Department, Western Union Telegraph Building, New Yo...

Photograph shows large office interior with dozens of telegraph operator work stations, General Operating Department, Western Union Telegraph Building, New York City, 1875. J7426 U.S. Copyright Office. Date fr... More

Postal Telegraph boy, Danville, Virginia That night he refused to show me through the Red Light District, said the manager did not permit them to go on such errands. A Western Union boy (tallest boy in photo 2182) eagerly took me around and revealed an appalling intimate acquaintance with the district and the inmates. (See Hine report on Virginia messengers.)  Location: Danville, Virginia.

Postal Telegraph boy, Danville, Virginia That night he refused to show...

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Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento C...

Significance: The Adams & Co. Building, Express and Banking House, built in 1853, was the center of a compact group of fire-proof brick structures in Sacramento, California's old "West End." This was Sacrament... More

Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento C...

Significance: The Adams & Co. Building, Express and Banking House, built in 1853, was the center of a compact group of fire-proof brick structures in Sacramento, California's old "West End." This was Sacrament... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Union with freemen -- No union with slaveholders. Anti-slavery meetings! Anti-slavery meetings will be held in this place, to commence on [blank] at [blank] in the [blank]. To be addressed by Agents of the Western anti-slavery society. Three mil

Union with freemen -- No union with slaveholders. Anti-slavery meeting...

Anti-slavery. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 137, Folder 4.

Western Union Telegraph Building, New York--"Switch" General operating department / photo by C.K. Bill.

Western Union Telegraph Building, New York--"Switch" General operating...

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Raymond Bykes, Western Union No. 23, Norfolk Virginia Said he was fourteen years old. Works until after 1:00 A.M. every night. He is precocious and not a little "tough." Has been here at this office for only three months, but he already knows the Red Light District thoroughly and goes there constantly. He told me he often sleeps down at the Bay Line boat docks all night. Several times I saw his mother hanging around the office, but she seemed more concerned about getting his pay envelope than anything else.  Location: Norfolk, Virginia.

Raymond Bykes, Western Union No. 23, Norfolk Virginia Said he was four...

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Western Union Telegraph Bldg., 195 Broadway

Western Union Telegraph Bldg., 195 Broadway

View of Western Union Telegraph building showing carts and wagons on street. J167454 U.S. Copyright Office. No. C-8511. Copyright by Irving Underhill, New York.

Newton Carlton, Pres. Western Union Tel. & Cable Co., 5/26/21

Newton Carlton, Pres. Western Union Tel. & Cable Co., 5/26/21

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Driscoll back on stand. Rep. D.J. Driscoll (D. of Pa) called back to testify Tuesday at the Senate lobby inquiry, indicates that Western Union and Utility representatives are now trying to make the "fake" wires genuine by getting authentic signatures for the "borrowed" names. 7/23/35

Driscoll back on stand. Rep. D.J. Driscoll (D. of Pa) called back to t...

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Washington, D.C. Miss Kathryne Lister, a switching clerk at the Western Union telegraph office

Washington, D.C. Miss Kathryne Lister, a switching clerk at the Wester...

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Washington, D.C. Muriel Pare, a switching clerk at the Western Union telegraph office

Washington, D.C. Muriel Pare, a switching clerk at the Western Union t...

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Wilbur H. Woodward, 428 Third St., N.W., Washington, D.C., Western Union messenger 236, one of the youngsters on the border-line, (15 yrs. old) works until 8 P.M. only.  Location: Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia.

Wilbur H. Woodward, 428 Third St., N.W., Washington, D.C., Western Uni...

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Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Adams & Company Building, 1014 Second Street, Sacramento, Sacramento C...

Significance: The Adams & Co. Building, Express and Banking House, built in 1853, was the center of a compact group of fire-proof brick structures in Sacramento, California's old "West End." This was Sacrament... More

Fourteen year old messenger #2 Western Union, Shreveport. Says he goes to the Red Light district all the time. See Hine report on Messengers.  Location: Shreveport, Louisiana.

Fourteen year old messenger #2 Western Union, Shreveport. Says he goes...

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Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton C...

Significance: The Cincinnati Union Terminal represents a complete break from the neo-classical style so prevalent among earlier railroad stations in this country. The Terminal is unique and monumental manifesta... More

A Western Union Messenger Boy Leaving Office. Cincinnati.  Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.

A Western Union Messenger Boy Leaving Office. Cincinnati. Location: C...

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Women's Political Union delegation, Western New York, ca. 1910-1915. Phyllis Miller, [W]igger [the] Horse, Ida Armquist, Elisabeth Worth Miller, Jack McGee, Alfred Thompsen, Elisabeth Freeman, Teddy & Taft [the] Oxen.

Women's Political Union delegation, Western New York, ca. 1910-1915. P...

Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of three women and two men standing next to ox-driven wagon with banner, "Votes for Women." Another woman sits on a horse nearby.

Durward Nickerson, Western Union messenger #55. One of the by-products of messenger work. Lives in Bessemer, R.F.D. #1. Saturday night, September 26, 1914, he took investigator through the old Red Light on Ave. A, pointed out the various resorts, told him about the inmates he has known there. Only a half dozen of them were open now, and those very quietly. Durward has put in 2 years in the messenger work and shows the result of temptations open to him. He has recently returned from a hobo trip through 25 states. He was not inclined to tell much about the shady side of messenger work, but one could easily see that he has been through much that he might have avoided in a profitable kind of work. 18 years old. See Alabama report.  Location: Birmingham, Alabama.

Durward Nickerson, Western Union messenger #55. One of the by-products...

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Office of train dispatcher and Western Union. San Augustine Texas

Office of train dispatcher and Western Union. San Augustine Texas

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