These Online MUSEUMS are dedicated to the PRESERVATION of TELEGRAPH, RADIO and SCIENTIFIC History, Instrumentation: and Lore since time gradually makes familiar objects unfamiliar. These are no-frills museums designed in 1990 for rapid and easy searching and downloading to facilitate research by serious collectors and historians but accessible to anyone who is interested in telegraph, radio and scientific instruments. As a radio and telegraph operator and collector for over 70 years, I have assembled a collection of over 3000 telegraph keys, radios, microphones and scientific instrument descriptions and photographs and put them in these online museums to make them accessible for generations to come.

SCROLL down this Long Page to View Entire Website in this order:
Telegraph Museum, History, Projects, References Events and Publications.
OTHER MUSEUMS: Enigmas, Scientific Instruments, Radios, Microphones, Quack Medical Devices. Contact Information.

THE TELEGRAPH MUSEUM (Museum Stock Number Range, Description, Number of photos) Keys are in chronological order. Oldest first))
• ( 0000 ) Batteries: Voltaic, "Crow's Foot" or "Gravity" Battery, etc.: (21 Photos)
• ( 0001 - 0050 ) Early Pre-Morse Telegraph Equipment: (pre-1860s) (43 Photos)
• ( 0051 - 0161 ) Very Early Land-Line Equipment (1): (pre - 1860s) (207 Photos)
• ( 0161 - 1000 ) Very Early Land-Line Equipment (2): (Approximately: 1860s-1880s) (266 Photos)
• ( 1001 - 1500 ) Early Land - Line Equipment (1): (Approximately: 1880s-1890s) (206 Photos)
• ( 1501 - 3000 ) Early Land - Line Equipment (2): (Approximately: 1890s-1960s) (157 Photos)
• ( 3001 - 3500 ) Code Practice & Automatic Sets & Equipment: (68 Photos)
• ( 4001 - 5500 ) Spark Keys & Wireless (Radio) Keys: (268 Photos)
• ( 5501 - 6000 ) Paddles & Electronic Keyers: (44 Photos)
• ( 6001 - 7000 ) Vibroplex BUGS (Semi-Automatic Keys (1)): (90 Photos)
• ( 7001 - 8000 ) Non-Vibroplex BUGS (Semi-Automatic Keys (2)): (411 Photos)
• ( 8001 - 9000 ) American Military Keys: (125 Photos)
• ( 9001 - 9200 ) British, Australian, NATO Military & Recent Keys: (56 Photos)
• ( 9201 - 9300 ) Canadian Military & Recent Keys: (11 Photos)
• ( 9301 - 9400 ) French and Italian Military & Recent Keys: (6 Photos)
• ( 9401 - 9600 ) German Military & Recent Keys: (47 Photos)
• ( 9601 - 9700 ) Japanese & Chinese Military & Recent Keys: (42 Photos)
• ( 9701 - 9750 ) Russian, Czech & All remaining Countries. Military & Recent Keys: (38 Photos)
• ( 9751 - 9800 ) Light and Visual Morse Code Signaling Equipment: (15 Photos)
• ( 9801 - 9900 ) Home-Made Keys, & Novelty Keys: (129 Photos)
• ( 9901 - 9999 ) Miscelaneous Telegraph Items: (42 Photos)
• The SEARCHABLE TELEGRAPH MUSEUM INVENTORY. A list of all of the museum's telegraph items. The entire list may be searched directly or it may be downloaded and searched using any word processor. When you find the item you want, note the museum stock number and find it in the main museum above.

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GENERAL TELEGRAPH INFORMATION PAGES:

• BACKGROUND INFORMATION:(4KB) How the telegraph works:
  Theory, and Construction of the "Electric Telegraph":
• How to BUILD a simple telegraph set:(10KB)
  
• How to BUILD a simple WIRELESS telegraph set:(10KB)
  
• The MORSE CODE and the CONTINENTAL CODE:(2KB)
  
• A Brief OUTLINE HISTORY of the TELEGRAPH: (6KB)
  
• THE AMAZING TELEGRAPH KEY RESTORATIONS BY W.R. SMITH - W4PAL: (200kb)
  
• SOME SIMPLE SUGGESTIONS FOR CARING FOR OLD TELEGRAPH APPARATUS: (5KB)
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: INTERNET LINKS, REFERENCES, and PERIODICALS: (6KB)
  Includes publications and periodicals of interest to collectors:
  
• PHILOSOPHY and Information about this Cyber-Museum: (3KB)
• CREATING your own Cyber-Museum: (3KB)
• "SAMPLE" PICTURES of Telegraph and Scientific Instruments: (2K)

SPECIAL TELEGRAPH-RELATED RESOURCES:

* * TELEGRAPH COLLECTORS REFERENCE CD (NEW 2nd. Edition) * * (Details & Ordering Information)
Twice the material in the first edition. Over 7000 Inline Photographs, Illustrated Books, Videos & Reference Information. For PC and MAC!.$15. Page showing corrections:

* * Perera's TELEGRAPH COLLECTORS GUIDE (NEW 3rd. Edition) * * (Details & Ordering Information)
104 pages, 300 photographs, descriptions, prices, 1600 item index, for only $19.95 !
(IMPORTANT REVISION: Latest Internet-Revised Price Guide) ** (Corrections) ** (Info & Updates for the 2nd. Edition) ** (Info & Updates for the 1st. Edition)

* * HOW TO RESTORE TELEGRAPH KEYS: W.R. Smith, W4PAL * * (Details & Ordering Information)
The best and only book of its kind; displays every procedure !

* * AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAPH HISTORY CD-ROM: Ron McMullen * *
(His entire CD and collection is now free at: https://australiantelegraph.wordpress.com/contents/)
This is the only compendium of Australian Telegraph and Key History ever published !

* * THE STORY OF THE ENIGMA CD: History, Technology, and Deciphering (NEW 4th Edition) * * (Details & Ordering Information)
This newly expanded CD is a complete cipher machine library. It has twice the material in the 3rd edition. It tells the complete story of the ENIGMA ! Thousands of pictures, books, Enigma simulator programs, construction projects, other cipher machines, realistic videos... and much more. $15. ** (Updates & Corrections)

* * NEW BOOK: INSIDE ENIGMA: Inside the German ENIGMA and other Historic Cipher Machines(Details & Ordering Information)
This new book contains 208 pages and over 500 pictures that exlain the history and workings of the ENGIMA and other cipher machines including the Russian Fialka. $20. ** (Updates & Corrections)

* * The Antique Wireless Assocation TELEGRAPH ANTHOLOGY CD: Every telegraph article ever published by AWA and much more! $15.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS and TELEGRAPH-RELATED EVENTS:
I try to attend these events every year and HIGHLY RECOMMEND them to telegraph enthusiasts:
DAYTON HAMVENTION: www.hamvention.org (The biggest in the world. May. Dayton, Ohio)
ANNUAL ANTIQUE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION CONVENTIONS: http://www.antiquewireless.org: (August. Rochester, NY)
DEERFIELD, NH HAMFEST: www.near-fest.com: Largest swap meet in the Northeast!
NEW ENGLAND VINTAGE ELECTRONICS CLUB (NEVEC)(Was NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUE RADIO CLUB (NEARC)): A great club with two swap meets and a Big bi-annual meet. In it's 50th year.

GENERAL INFORMATION:
(To SEARCH this Website, click on: ** SEARCHABLE TELEGRAPH INVENTORY **: Search this big page with the EDIT/FIND-ON-THIS-PAGE function of your browser: Identify the Inventory Number you want: and then find it in the TELEGRAPH MUSEUM SECTION.)

• * * TELEGRAPH COLLECTORS REFERENCE CD - 2000 * *
  Over 3000 Inline Photographs, 3 Illustrated Books, Reference Information ! See this link for description and ordering information.
  
• * * Perera's TELEGRAPH COLLECTORS GUIDE (NEW 3rd. Edition) * * (Details & Ordering Information)
  104 pages, 300 photographs, descriptions, prices, 1600 item index, for only $19.95 !
  (IMPORTANT REVISION: Latest Internet-Revised Price Guide) ** (Corrections) ** (Info & Updates for the 2nd. Edition) ** (Info & Updates for the 1st. Edition)
  

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SPECIAL REPORTS and NEWS: Telegraph-Related Activities:

• REPORT ON TELEGRAPH KEYS AT THE 2010 DAYTON HAMFEST:
• REPORT ON TELEGRAPH KEYS AT THE 2009 DAYTON HAMFEST:
• REPORT ON TELEGRAPH KEYS AT THE 2007 ANTIQUE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN ROCHESTER, NY:(3KB)
• REPORT ON TELEGRAPH KEYS AT THE 2001 DAYTON and ROCHESTER, NY HAMFESTS:(3KB)
• REPORT ON TELEGRAPH KEYS AT THE 2000 DAYTON and ROCHESTER, NY HAMFESTS:(3KB)
• REPORT ON TELEGRAPH KEYS AT THE 1999 DAYTON HAMFEST:(3KB)
• REPORT ON TELEGRAPH KEYS AT THE 1998 DAYTON HAMFEST:(3KB)
• REPORT ON TELEGRAPH KEYS AT THE 1998 ROCHESTER, NY HAMFEST:(3KB)
• PERHAPS THE EARLIEST TELEGRAPH DAGUERREOTYPES:(2KB) (Courtesy of Mark Koenigsberg)
• RECREATING NEWSCASTER WALTER WINCHELL'S TELEGRAPH SETUP FOR HOLLYWOOD:(80KB)
• REPORT ON A FILMING OF THE MUSEUM'S EARLY TELEGRAPH EQUIPMENT FOR PUBLIC TELEVISION SPECIALS:(4KB)
• REPORT ON 1998 DIVING EXPEDITION TO RECOVER EARLY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLE:(2KB)
• REPORT on 1997 Diving Expedition to Recover Early Submarine Telegraph Cable:(4KB)
With Detailed photos of all layers of the cable: (BIG slow-loading (3min) file!)
• SHARK DIVING EXPEDITION IN CONJUNCTION WITH DIVING FOR SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLES:(3KB)



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THE OTHER MUSEUMS: ENIGMA CIPHER MACHINES, OTHER CIPHER MACHINES, COMPUTERS, SCIENTIFIC & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, RADIOS, MICROPHONES, and PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH APPARATUS:

• Museum of ENIGMA CIPHER MACHINES and Other Cipher Machines: https://EnigmaMuseum.com/
• Museum of Some early COMPUTERS, CALCULATORS, & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT: http://w1tp.com/imcpumus.htm
• Museum of SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS: (Annotated): (8KB)
• Museum of MEDICAL & "QUACK" MEDICAL ELECTROTHERAPY INSTRUMENTS: (3KB)
• Museum of Early & Unusual RADIOS, RADIO STATIONS, and RADIO HISTORY: (Annotated): (7KB)
• Museum of Early & Modern MICROPHONES: (Annotated): (4KB)

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OTHER TELEGRAPH AND WIRELESS - COLLECTORS and their COLLECTIONS:

• MEET THE "COLLECTORS": Photographs of Telegraph Key Collectors at Play:<\LI>
• The "GIL SCHLEHMAN - K9WDY" Telegraph Collections (Samples): (4KB)
• The RON McMULLEN Australian Telegraph Collection and History Pages:
• The "BILL HOLLY - K1BH" Telegraph & Wireless Collections (Samples): (5KB)
• The "JOHN MILTON WILLIAMS" Telegraph and Instrument Collection (Samples): (5KB)
• The "WARREN BERBIT - K2UVV" Telegraph Collection (Samples): (4KB)
• The "WYN DAVIES" Telegraph Collection (Samples):(4KB)
• The "JOHN KELLY - N3GVF" Telegraph Collection (Samples):(4KB)
• The "DEREK COHEN - WB0TUA" Telegraph Collection (Samples): (4KB)
• The "RICHARD MEISS - WB9LPU Innovative Homemade Telegraph Keys (Samples): (4KB)

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INTERNET LINKS TO OTHER COLLECTORS' PAGES AND RELATED SITES:

• The "TOM PERERA-W1TP" TELEGRAPH MUSEUMS: http://w1tp.com
  Alternate Addresses: http://www.qsl.net/w1tp
  
• THE "TOM FRENCH-W1IMQ" ** SK 2016 **/Please search for his archived website
• The RON McMULLEN Australian Telegraph Collection and History Pages:
• THE "LYNN BURLINGAME - N7CFO" KEYLETTER NEWSLETTER PAGES:
• The ANTIQUE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION home pages:
• The MORSE TELEGRAPH CLUB home pages:
• The "JOHN CASALE-W2NI" TELEGRAPH HISTORY PAGES:
• \The "GREG RAVEN-KF5N" TELEGRAPH PAGES:
• The "NEAL McEWEN-K5RW" TELEGRAPH PAGES:
• The "RUSS KLEINMAN - WA5Y" TELEGRAPH COLLECTION:
• The "RANDY COLE - KN6W" VIBROPLEX COLLECTOR'S PAGES:
• The Amazing: "FONS VANDEN BERGHEN" TELEGRAPH COLLECTIONS:
• THE BILL BURNS ATLANTIC CABLE AND SUBMARINE CABLE INTERNET SITE:
• The "The K2TQN OLD RADIO & RADIO HISTORY pages:
• The HISTORIC SPEEDWELL MUSEUM, Alfred Vail's Workshops:
• THE PORTHCURNO CABLE AND WIRELESS MUSEUM:
• THE "Jim Riddle - KD7AOI Code Practice Oscillators Museum:
• The WESTERN UNION ARCHIVES at the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION:
• THE "CHIARUCCI ELISEO - IK6BAK" TELEGRAPH KEY COLLECTION:
• THE "J. H. BUNNELL COMPANY" HOME PAGES:
• THE "VIBROPLEX COMPANY" HOME PAGES:
• The TANNENBAUM Catalog of Old RADIO MANUALS, RADIOS, and PARTS:
• RADIO EXPORTS BRITISH RETAIL CLASSIC RADIO / HI-FI EQUIPMENT:

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CONTACT INFORMATION

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Professor Tom Perera Ph. D. - W1TP
Professor Emeritus:
Montclair State University

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