Photographs of Glace Bay Station
MS. Photogr. b. 62
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Photographs of Glace Bay Station
Shelfmark
MS. Photogr. b. 62
Summary
Includes photographs of:
The station, including the towers under construction, 1902
Marconi and staff at the station in snow, 1902
The interior of Poldhu Station, 1901 and the exterior of the Admiralty Station at St. Mary's, Scilly, n.d., mounted on the same board as Glace Bay photographs.
Guglielmo and Beatrice Marconi with Barnaby O'Brien at Glace Bay, with copies of first messages transmitted by wireless telegraphy from England to Canada mounted on same boards; also other photographs of the Marconis, Eileen O'Brien, and places they visited in Canada, 1907
Staff at Glace Bay, with identification key on verso and later copy print with further identification key on card (with some variations from the other), 1908
Interior and exterior views, including a few of staff, 1908-14
Date
1902-12
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Papers relating to Marconi and the development of wireless telegraphy
Stations and establishment
Glace Bay and Louisberg Stations
Photographs of Glace Bay Station
