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Oldest Living Telegraphers Celebrate 81st Birthday
G Alfred Hall and Albert G Hall of Washington celebrate eighty first birthdays and claim status as oldest living telegraphers. The twin brothers, born 1881 in Vassalboro Maine, began in 1849 at age 18 in Washington, 16th Street NW, recalling Morse era telegraphy and writers proud of legible copy. They contrast pen operations with modern speed methods and recount key moments from early dispatching, including a Chicago convention scoop.
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Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Samuel Brinton Morse
Morse
Congress of the
United States
Congress
Vassalboro
Kennebec County
Maine
G. Alfred Hall
Albert G. Hall
New England
Washington
Sixteenth Street
Philips
G. A. Hall
Chicago
District of Columbia
Lincoln