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Title:
Photographs of Atlantic telegraph cable machinery aboard SS 'Great Eastern', 1867
Object name(s):
photograph album; photograph album
Brief description:
[Volume] S.S. Great Eastern. [11] Photographs of Atlantic telegraph cable machinery / J. Thomson, photographer.[1867? A printed title page gives 'A short description of the photographs of the Atlantic telegraph cable machinery, taken on board the steam-ship "Great Eastern"'. Thomson was at 21 High Park Street, Liverpool. Each sepia photo is c.21 x 25cm.]
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Associated concept:
telecommunications
Associated concept:
photograph album
Credit line:
Museum Property
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
12 3/16
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
310
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
14 15/16
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
380
Material:
cardboard
Material:
photographic paper
Object name:
photograph album; photograph album
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1867
Date - latest:
1867
Object production date:
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1867
Date - latest:
1867
Object production person:
Thomson, James
Object production place:
England, United Kingdom
Other number:
2004-263
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
E2004.116.1
Other number type:
entry number
Other number:
MS/0712
Other number type:
Adlib Reference
Responsible department/section:
SCM - Archive

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d0754c72-6f68-3e56-9a19-4f4946fd0bf7

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d0754c72-6f68-3e56-9a19-4f4946fd0bf7, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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