| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 6683 |  | Details | Western Union | 1930 |
| Transatlantic Cables Western Union Thematic World Bathymetric Chart Art Deco |
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Western Union |
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| 1930 |
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| $0.00 | Western-Union | Transatlantic-Cables-Western-Union-Thematic-World-Bathymetric-Chart-Art-Deco | SOLD<br><br>
Scarce thematic map of the world with Western Union's routes for underwater telegraphy cables (1) between Western Europe and the United States during the period between the wars. Dated circa 1930 based on the attention given to the Art-Deco style Western Union Building in N.Y.C. that was built in 1930. Sub-title notes Western Union key communications nodes between France, Holland, Germany, and Great Britain to New York, Boston, Washington, Montreal, and Toronto.
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<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6683/SC_6683_Detail.jpg" alt="Thematic world map Western Union's underwater telegraphy cable network in 1930." width="320"/> <br><small>Western Union Communications Network Nodes. 1930.</small>
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The main focus of the work is a 1930 snapshot of Western Union's wireless network (dashed red lines) and the cable network, shown (solid red lines) overlayed on a bathymetric chart with a bird's eye view of the ocean floor (if birds had x-ray vision). The bathymetric chart is surrounded with text and images relating to cable-laying ships including the Great Eastern (2).
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