Western Union Telegraph Ticker Receiver

Description:

This Western Union Telegraph Company stock ticker was produced during the early 20th century. The ticker received stock information via a telegraph line and printed out a company’s abbreviated name and stock price on the spool of paper tape. After the Civil War, the volume of stocks traded rose sharply with American corporations’ need for investment capital. The 1867 invention of the stock ticker, transmitting up-to-the-minute share prices over telegraph lines, helped modernize the stock exchange.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: from Western Union Corporation

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.332283Accession Number: 294351Catalog Number: 332283Collector/Donor Number: 100-772

Object Name: stock tickertelegraph receiver

Physical Description: glass (cover material)steel (parts material)paper (recording tape material)copper (wires material)wood (base material)Measurements: ticker only: 9 in x 8 5/8 in; 22.86 cm x 21.9075 cmoverall: 13 in x 10 in; 33.02 cm x 25.4 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-61d1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_739453

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