Ever since Samuel Morse tapped out his famous “What hath god wrought.” message in 1844 on the primitive code key he devised others have tried to improve upon each element of the system. This resulted, by the time the last major telegraph offices were shuttered well over a hundred years later, in a multitude of different key… Continue reading Monkey Messages
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The Key To Getting It Right
I was cleaning up another old telegraph key prior to deciding if it stays in the collection or hits the auction block and I noticed that it was not adjusted correctly. Not even close. I call it the “Hollywood setting”…..why? Well, it seems that in many films, and even some serious historical documentaries that should… Continue reading The Key To Getting It Right