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Thomas Edison Stock Ticker Telegraph
$28,850List Price
About the Item
The stock ticker was considered the earliest digital electronic communications medium. Recognized by audiences all over the world for its familiar ticking sound, this incredible machine revolutionized the stock market by increasing the rate at which stock information was transmitted to traders. A machine such as this would have been featured in every brokerage firm. To find such an iconic machine in such wonderful condition is truly extraordinary. This is highly prized as a collector's item and display piece.
Mechanism marked: "M'F'D by T. A. Edison, Inc., Serial #No. 13044;" Base marked "Quotations Furnished by the Western Union Telegraph Co., Apply to Local Manager"
Though he did not invent the ticker, Thomas Edison did improve its design dramatically. Working with Edward Calahan's design of 1867, Edison developed the Universal Stock Ticker in 1871 for the Gold and Stock Telegraph Company in New York, which became a subsidiary of Western Union. Edison's improvements to this machine enabled all of the tickers on a line to be synchronized so that they printed the same information in unison.
- Dimensions:Height: 13.75 in (34.93 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:20th Century
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- Seller Location:New Orleans, LA
- Reference Number:Seller: 29-53801stDibs: U100709891189
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