Telegraph Operator Work Stations, Western Union Telegraph Building - 1875
Photo shows office interior with dozens of telegraph operator work stations, General Operating Department, Western Union Telegraph Building, New York City, 1875. In the next decades the company absorbed more than 500 other companies. It became a nation-wide corporation, providing communication service through the transcontinental telegraph established in 1861. In 1871, Western Union allowed customers to send money between New York, Chicago and Boston using the Western Union money transfer services. Photo by Charles K. Bill from Library of Congress. Copyright by A.S. Brown.
Telegraph Operator Work Stations, Western Union Telegraph Building - 1875
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