Marconi and assistants with Newfoundland cabinet outside of the Cabot Tower
![A group of men pose for a photo on the steps of a stone building. Young boys in caps, and one dog, watch the event.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/marconi/wp-content/uploads/sites/166/2023/07/b-1-91.jpg)
Photographer unknown. December 1901. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. “Marconi and Assistants with Newfoundland Cabinet Outside of the Cabot Tower, St. John’s, Nfld.” James Vey Collection, Series, Item B 1-91. The Rooms Provincial Archives.
Many people celebrated the news of the first transatlantic signal, despite the problems with the AATC. Members of the Newfoundland Cabinet joined Marconi on Signal Hill in 1901, to congratulate him and his assistants on their work.