[Marconi wireless school, New York. Operators copying messages transmitted from ships at sea] – Historic Reproduction
![[Marconi wireless school, New York. Operators copying messages transmitted from ships at sea], c1912. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d4/d400748d7fd4-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Operators at a Marconi wireless school in New York sit at their instruments, copying messages sent from ships at sea, a skill that was becoming essential to maritime safety by 1912. The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America trained its operators to take Morse signals by ear, and the work gained new urgency that April when the Titanic sank and its distress calls were relayed by ships and shore stations. Underwood & Underwood, a firm known for stereographs and news pictures, made the print, which shows the working side of early radio.
| Created / published | c1912. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | J173072 U.S. Copyright Office. Photographic print by Underwood & Underwood. |
| Subjects | Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America--1910-1920. Telegraph offices--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Telegraph industry--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,281 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-184063 |
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