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Advertising ➔ Sign, 'western Union Telegraph And Cable Office'

Identifier:
133734
Date:
1885 – 1895
Materials:
Metal
Current Location Status:
On Exhibit
Source:
Gift Of Lewis, Arthur E.
Exhibit/Program:
Streets of Old Grand Rapids (after 1994)
Related Entities:
Western Union (creator)
Alternate names: New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company, Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union was founded in 1851 as the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company by Samuel L. Seldon, Hiram Sibley, and others. In 1856 it merged with the New York & Western Union Telegraph Company and became the Western Union Telegraph Company. Until 2006, the company was the most popular telegram business in America.  Arthur E. Lewis (donor)