Telegraph to send and receive telegrams, Poste à deux Directions, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Poste Télégraphique (Etat-Belge), Muni des Appareils Anti-Inducteurs du Système, F. VAN RYSSELBERGHE', number: 'Pl. II', cliché maker: Bauwens (possibly), c. 1880 - in or before 1885, photographer, paper, photoaquatint, height 101 mm x width 129 mm, post, telegraph and telephone, means of communication, (morse) telegraph, A sepia-toned photograph shows a wooden table covered with a textured cloth supporting an arrangement of mechanical instruments including rectangular casings with circular dials topped by small domes, a large spoked wheel next to the casings, various cylindrical and rod-like components mounted on bases, coiled wires and gears, and a small control panel with several protruding pegs; the background is a plain darker rectangular area and the top and bottom margins of the page are visible.
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Telegraph to send and receive telegrams, Poste à deux Directions, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Poste Télégraphique (Etat-Belge), Muni des Appareils Anti-Inducteurs du Système, F. VAN RYSSELBERGHE', number: 'Pl. II', cliché maker: Bauwens (possibly), c. 1880 - in or before 1885, photographer, paper, photoaquatint, height 101 mm x width 129 mm, post, telegraph and telephone, means of communication, (morse) telegraph, A sepia-toned photograph shows a wooden table covered with a textured cloth supporting an arrangement of mechanical instruments including rectangular casings with circular dials topped by small domes, a large spoked wheel next to the casings, various cylindrical and rod-like components mounted on bases, coiled wires and gears, and a small control panel with several protruding pegs; the background is a plain darker rectangular area and the top and bottom margins of the page are visible.

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Telegraph send receive telegrams Poste à deux Directions page photomechanical print inscription Poste Télégraphique Etat-Belge Muni des Appareils Anti-Inducteurs du Système F Van Rysselberghe number Pl Ii cliché maker Bauwens c 1880 - 1885 photographer paper photoaquatint height 101 mm x width 129 mm post telegraph telephone means communication morse sepia-toned photograph wooden table covered textured cloth supporting arrangement mechanical instruments rectangular casings circular dials topped small domes large spoked wheel next casings various cylindrical rod- components mounted bases coiled wires gears small control panel several protruding pegs background plain darker rectangular area top bottom margins visible

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