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Teletype Operator, 1915

An AP teletype operator uses an early teletype model to transmit a news story, NYC. A teleprinter (teletypewriter, Teletype or TTY) is an electromechanical typewriter that can be used to send and receive typed messages from point to point and point-to-multipoint over various types of communications channels. Teleprinters were invented in order to send and receive messages without the need for operators trained in the use of Morse code. A system of two teleprinters, with one operator trained to use a typewriter, replaced two trained Morse code operators. The teleprinter system improved message speed and delivery time, making it possible for messages to be flashed across a country with little manual intervention. No photographer credited, 1915.

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Title: Teletype Operator, 1915

Caption: An AP teletype operator uses an early teletype model to transmit a news story, NYC. A teleprinter (teletypewriter, Teletype or TTY) is an electromechanical typewriter that can be used to send and receive typed messages from point to point and point-to-multipoint over various types of communications channels. Teleprinters were invented in order to send and receive messages without the need for operators trained in the use of Morse code. A system of two teleprinters, with one operator trained to use a typewriter, replaced two trained Morse code operators. The teleprinter system improved message speed and delivery time, making it possible for messages to be flashed across a country with little manual intervention. No photographer credited, 1915.

Category: black & white • TECHNOLOGY • Science: History

Credit: Album / NYPL/Science Source

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Image size: 4144 × 2598 px | 30.8 MB

Print size: 35.1 × 22.0 cm | 1631.5 × 1022.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1910S • 1915 • 20 20TH XX XXTH TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • 20TH • BLACK & WHITE • BW • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • COMMUNICATION • ELECTRO-MECHANICAL • ELECTROMECHANICAL • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • IMPORTANT • INVENTION • MALE • MAN • MASS COMMUNICATION • MEN • NOTABLE • OFFICE • OPERATOR • PHOTO • PHOTOGRAPH • SCIENCE • SCIENCE: HISTORY • TECHNOLOGICAL • TECHNOLOGY • TELE-COMMUNICATION • TELECOMMUNICATION • TELEPRINTER SYSTEM • TELEPRINTER • TELETYPE • TELETYPEWRITER • TTY • TWENTIETH CENTURY • WELL-KNOWN