TechRochester - Did you know the first developer of the unified telegraph system and first communications empire in the U.S. was founded in Rochester, NY? Western Union, the financial conduit to the
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In house Western Union Telegram discussing charges for forwarding vari" by Western Union Telegraph Company
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Western Union Telegraph Building., Wm. Miller & Co., Western Union Telegraph Company, 1870?-1925?, New York (State), New York (N.Y.), New York, Manhattan (New York, N.Y Stock Photo - Alamy
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New York: The Great Home of the Telegraph in America, the Western Union Telegraph Company. U.S., Engraving 1880 1881 Stock Photo - Alamy
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