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Maker:
Edison, Thomas Alva  Search this
Physical Description:
iron (overall material)
brass (overall material)
glass (overall material)
paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 16 1/2 in x 15 1/2 in x 14 in x 15 in; 41.91 cm x 39.37 cm x 35.56 cm x 38.1 cm
Object Name:
telegraph ticker receiver
stock ticker
telegraph printer
printing telegraph
telegraph ticker
ticker
Object Type:
Patent Model
Other Terms:
telegraph ticker receiver; Telegraphy; printer
Date made:
1873
Description (Brief):
Until the decade of the 1990s, when traders adopted the Internet, tickers provided vital stock market information to businesses and news organizations. Stock tickers were a special type of telegraph receiver designed to print an alphabetical company symbol and the current price of that company’s stock on a paper roll called ticker tape. Thomas Edison made his early reputation as an inventor by designing an improved stock ticker for the Gold & Stock Telegraph Company. The company submitted this ticker to the U.S. Patent Office during the process leading to the issue of patent number 140,488 in 1873 .
Location:
Currently not on view (ticker tape)
General subject association:
Telegraph  Search this
Stock Markets  Search this
Patent Models  Search this
Related Publication:
Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
ID Number:
EM.252616
Catalog number:
252616
Patent number:
140488
Accession number:
49064
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Communications
American Enterprise
Exhibition:
American Enterprise
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-8256-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_703474