Western Electric Telegraph Pocket Transmitting and Receiving Set

1860s

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Western Electric Telegraph Pocket Transmitting and Receiving Set, c. 1860s

Sets of this type were carried in the pockets of spies during the Civil War and used for tapping into enemy telegraph wires to receive messages and to send false messages.

Analysis ,
Codes ,
Spying That Shaped History
Communication Device/Surveillance ,