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

[Paul Heller]

Thanks to all who responded about the book with comments and links. And to Jordan, who made me realize I was not acting in accordance with the person whom I strive to be with one of my comments. 

Paul
W2TTY

ITTY:			HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8000/ITTY
AUTOSTART: HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8030/AUTOSTART
EUROPE:		HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8040/EUROPE

> 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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