The Western Union Telegraph Building was a building at Dey Street and Broadway in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. The ten-story, 230-foot-tall structure was originally designed b
Western Union Telegraph Building
Western Union Telegraph Building, at 195 Broadway, corner of Dey Street and Broadway
Seen in 1892, after reconstruction
Stereoscopic view from the north; St. Paul's Chapel is at right
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The Western Union Company is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
Western Union Telegraph Building
…originally designed by George B. Post, with alterations by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh. It is considered one of the first skyscrapers in New York City. Western Union decided to construct the building in 1872 after outgrowing a previous space at 145 Broadway. Post was selected as the winner of an architectural design…
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