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Text: "This sentence was written from Washington by me at the Baltimore Terminus at 8.h 45min. A.M. on Friday May 24.th 1844, being the first ever transmitted from Washington to Baltimore by Telegraph and was indited by my much loved friend Annie G. Ellsworth." {signature-Sam F. B. Morse.}
282:. I've also expanded the div containing the image above, but I've used a relative measure (percent not pixels, vector not absolute) to specify its width so it scales for those running at higher and lower resolutions. β€” 306:. The paper wasn't straight when it was originally photographed, so I'd say it's accurately preserved here. Stitching is very well done if you look at the top/bottom edges.- 109:- kinda neat at full size, but the thumb is pretty pathetic... Don't know if anything can be done about that. Would support if we can get a zoomed in scrolling version. 375: 365: 262:- wonderful encyclopaedic value, but awful technical quality. Full of JPG artifacts, and it would be nice if it was a little higher res vertically. 17: 370: 194:
You can see what look like rough versions (in pencil maybe) underneath the fancy lettering. It looks like the first draft wasn't as pretty.
351: 340: 322: 310: 298: 249: 214: 198: 185: 169: 131: 113: 101: 294: 23: 181:- It's shocking how beautiful the penmanship on the "indited" message is. Morse must have been going s ... l ... o ... w. -- 291: 163: 125: 288: 70: 229: 158: 143: 120: 78: 86: 283: 98: 319: 182: 318:- The historical importance of the image outweighs the technical issues in my opinion. 224: 138: 359: 211: 195: 110: 337: 329: 276: 270: 264: 242: 47: 255: 156:. Very encyclopedic and historical pic. Great quality for such an old subject. 348: 307: 74: 52: 24:
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Or use the {{wide image}} template, but either is fine. Oh...and
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How's this? It can be modified/adjusted easily enough. β€”
8: 210:. Historic, encyclopedic and good quality.-- 18:Knowledge (XXG):Featured picture candidates 265: 56:Superintendent of Elec. Mag. Telegraphs. 271: 64:Important historical technical document 53:http://rs6.loc.gov/mss/mcc/019/0001.jpg 376:Featured picture nominations/June 2007 346:Promoted Image:The First Telegraph.jpg 277: 118:Pop in some wiki code and you're set. 7: 366:Ended featured picture nominations 31: 328: 254: 40: 222:. Excellent, very historic. β€” 67:Articles this image appears in 1: 39: 371:Featured picture nominations 392: 323:03:57, 30 June 2007 (UTC) 311:07:15, 29 June 2007 (UTC) 299:18:57, 28 June 2007 (UTC) 250:18:47, 28 June 2007 (UTC) 215:15:09, 28 June 2007 (UTC) 199:20:25, 28 June 2007 (UTC) 186:13:45, 28 June 2007 (UTC) 132:06:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC) 114:04:49, 28 June 2007 (UTC) 102:22:11, 27 June 2007 (UTC) 352:08:58, 5 July 2007 (UTC) 341:02:27, 1 July 2007 (UTC) 170:03:44, 3 July 2007 (UTC) 57: 50: 95:Support as nominator 71:Electrical telegraph 234:β€’ 2007-06-28 18:38Z 148:β€’ 2007-06-28 18:38Z 79:American Morse code 87:Samuel F. B. Morse 58: 235: 149: 22:(Redirected from 383: 332: 281: 279: 275: 273: 267: 258: 232: 223: 168: 166: 161: 146: 137: 130: 128: 123: 44: 27: 391: 390: 386: 385: 384: 382: 381: 380: 356: 355: 269: 263: 230: 164: 159: 157: 144: 126: 121: 119: 45: 38: 35:First Telegraph 29: 28: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 389: 387: 379: 378: 373: 368: 358: 357: 326: 325: 313: 304:Strong support 301: 252: 236: 217: 208:Strong support 204: 203: 202: 201: 189: 188: 176: 175: 174: 173: 172: 134: 104: 91: 90: 84: 81: 68: 65: 62: 37: 32: 30: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 388: 377: 374: 372: 369: 367: 364: 363: 361: 354: 353: 350: 347: 343: 342: 339: 335: 331: 324: 321: 317: 314: 312: 309: 305: 302: 300: 297: 296: 293: 290: 285: 280: 274: 268: 261: 257: 253: 251: 248: 247: 246: 241:, I like it. 240: 237: 233: 228: 227: 221: 218: 216: 213: 209: 206: 205: 200: 197: 193: 192: 191: 190: 187: 184: 180: 177: 171: 167: 162: 155: 151: 150: 147: 142: 141: 135: 133: 129: 124: 117: 116: 115: 112: 108: 105: 103: 100: 96: 93: 92: 88: 85: 82: 80: 76: 72: 69: 66: 63: 60: 59: 54: 49: 43: 36: 33: 25: 19: 345: 344: 333: 327: 315: 303: 287: 284:Vanderdecken 259: 244: 243: 238: 225: 219: 207: 178: 153: 139: 106: 99:Spikebrennan 94: 34: 320:Supaluminal 183:TotoBaggins 360:Categories 75:Telegraphy 212:Svetovid 196:Debivort 111:Debivort 51:Source: 338:Fir0002 334:Support 316:Supoort 239:Support 220:Support 179:Comment 160:Jumping 154:Support 122:Jumping 107:comment 83:Creator 260:Oppose 165:cheese 127:cheese 89:(1844) 61:Reason 349:MER-C 308:DMCer 226:BRIAN 140:BRIAN 16:< 245:star 231:0918 145:0918 362:: 336:-- 286:∴ 278:A8 272:T4 266:E9 97:β€” 77:, 73:, 295:Ο† 292:ΞΎ 289:∫ 26:)

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Knowledge (XXG):Featured picture candidates/The First Telegraph.jpg
First Telegraph
"This sentence was written from Washington by me at the Baltimore Terminus at 8.h 45min. A.M. on Friday May 24.th 1844, being the first ever transmitted from Washington to Baltimore by Telegraph and was indited by my much loved friend Annie G. Ellsworth." {signature-Sam F. B. Morse.} Superintendent of Elec. Mag. Telegraphs.

http://rs6.loc.gov/mss/mcc/019/0001.jpg
Electrical telegraph
Telegraphy
American Morse code
Samuel F. B. Morse
Spikebrennan
22:11, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
Debivort
04:49, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Jumping
cheese
06:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
BRIAN
0918
Jumping
cheese
03:44, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
TotoBaggins
13:45, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Debivort
20:25, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Svetovid
15:09, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
BRIAN
0918

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