Ezra Cornell was an American businessman, politician, academic, and philanthropist. He was the founder of Western Union and a co-founder of Cornell University. He also served as President of the New York Agriculture Society and as a New York State Senator.
Ezra Cornell
Cornell Free Library at Seneca and Tioga Streets in Ithaca, New York
This bronze statue of Ezra Cornell by Hermon Atkins MacNeil was erected on Cornell University's Arts Quad in 1919.
Llenroc was constructed by Cornell prior to his 1874 death; it is now the Delta Phi fraternity house at Cornell University.
The Western Union Company is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
Western Union Telegraph Building, lithograph
A Western Union telegram sent on September 7, 1896, to report on the positions of two comets
A 12-year-old Western Union messenger boy in Tampa, Florida, 1911
Advertisement for Western Union "Tourate" telegram service, 1939