Madison County Courthouse Telegraph

“Madison County Courthouse Telegraph,” Madison Historical, accessed April 26, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2198.

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A board with three small screws on the top rights to the middle a tapper that tapped out your message. On the receiver there is a wooden board with a metal trim and the actual metal receiver on top. Tristan Mackenzie's great grandfather came into possession of it when the court house officials discarded it for a telephone replacement. Dimensons of the receiver: Base 22 1/2in. Height 3in. Dimensons of the messenger: Base 28in. Height 1 1/2in.

This telegraph was photographed as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in spring 2020. It was brought to class by Trisran Mackenzie.

2020 Liberty Middle School Class Visit

• culture
• industry
• law

• Mackenzie, Tristan
• Homert, Cindy

January 1, 1970

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• Edwardsville
• 1900s-1910s

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