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Guglielmo Marconi at Signal Hill with instruments used to receive the first transatlantic message

A man in a checked jacket and hat sits at a table topped by wireless equipment. Behind him are bare cupboards with no doors, and a metal stove and stovepipe.

Photographer unknown. December 1901. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. “Guglielmo Marconi at Signal Hill with Instruments Used to Receive the First Transatlantic Message.” James Vey Collection, Series, Item B 1-96. The Rooms, Provincial Archives Division.

Marconi in the room set up on Signal Hill with the equipment he used to receive the first transatlantic signal.