[GreenKeys] Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. Model 26 - eBay

[Paul Heller]

That 26 looks pretty clean. 

“The story of telecommunications by George P. Oslin”.

Interesting experience just now. I searched for this book and found it on archive.org. I thought “Great!”  Then I found I could only “borrow” it and doing so required that a special version of Adobe software be installed. Anyone ever tried that? I stopped trusting Adobe years ago and am not about to install any of their software, so I’ll be looking for other ways to get the book.  

Thanks for the recommendation Jim. 

Paul
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> On Feb 25, 2020, at 7:34 PM, Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Yeah, you don't see much Postal stuff existing anymore.
> 
> Few years ago I bought a relay box with the Postal name on it - must have
> been in someone's attic since before 1942.
> 
> Since it's been a while, I will again mention a couple of good books.
> 
> The story of telecommunications by George P. Oslin.  Written when the
> author was in his 80s, he was the public relations guy for Western Union
> for his whole working life.  The first part of the book is a mess, as
> he tells about all the early telegraph companies and their squabbles.
> The middle part of the book is excellent, covering the lifetime of
> Western Union Telegraph.  The last part is again a mess, as he tried
> to cover the business in its later years and of course companies were
> coming and going too fast to keep track of.
> 
> The telegraph : a history of Morse's invention and its predecessors
> in the United States by Lewis Coe.
> 
> This is a complement to Oslin's book, tells the story more from the
> viewpoint of Postal Telegraph.
> 
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