 Cartoon of the Atlantic cable's anticipated affect on despots. |
 Street parade celebrating the success of the Atlantic Cable |
 Picture with article showing the equipment and technique used during the Atlantic Cable expedition |
 Pictures of a city hall celebration and the Agamemnon in a storm |
 Picture of Cyrus W. Field |
 Picture of the Niagara and the Agamemnon |
 Picture of an Atlantic Cable celebration |
 Picture of an award ceremony for Cyrus Field to commend him for the success of the Atlantic Cable Expedition. Ceremony was held at the Crystal Palace. |
 Cartoon of a London thief lamenting about the new information capabilities of the Atlantic cable. |
 Advertisements for necklaces made from the first Atlantic cable and perfume produced to commemorate the laying of the Atlantic cable.(Made from "distilled ocean spray"!) |
 Advertisement selling pieces from the first cable and another ad selling a Atlantic cable commemorative book. |
 Before and after cartoon depicting public opinion before and after the Atlantic Cable was laid. |
 Two pictures, one depicting the Great Eastern pulling up a portion of the first cable, the other shows some of the crew of the Great Eastern examining the cable. |
 Humorous cartoon poking fun at the New York Tribune's coverage of the Atlantic Cable expedition |
 Symbolic painting depicting the Atlantic cable connecting the United States to Great Britain and vice versa. |
 Commemorative Cigar card of Cyrus W. Field |
 The back of the cigar card. |
 Photograph of the machinery used to dispense the cable from the ships |
 Picture of cable manufacturing warehouses |
 Color photo of a sample of the Atlantic Cable |
 Picture of one step of the cable manufacturing process. |
 Another step in the process. |
 Covering the cable with a protective tar coating. |
 Cable being coiled into a storage tank. |
 Diagram of how a broken section of cable is fixed. |
 A photo of the Great Eastern. |
 A photo of the Great Eastern's crew. |
 Crosssection of the Great Eastern. The dark circles indicate cable holding tanks. |
 The buoys used to help support the cable in the water. Without the extra support the cable would break under its own weight. |
 Invitation to an Atlantic cable event held aboard the Great Eastern. |
 John Pender's cable making warehouse. |
 Cartoon is from "Fun" magazine (Aug. 11, 1866) to mark the laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable of 1866. |
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