Comments on: e and b jacobs

sbl_admin · 07-09-2007, 11:17 AM

Reader comments and feedback for the e and b jacobs photo.
This image is part of the Historic Photos photo gallery

founded 1844 shown here in 1868 in the 100 block of Texas.

LateNight · 07-09-2007, 11:20 AM

I may have already commented on this picture.. but just look at that pic. it's freakin' Deadwood right here in Shreveport. I love it. So in 1868, would shreveport of had Telegraph yet ?

LateNight · 07-09-2007, 11:19 PM

apparently Shreveport was connected to Houston, TX via telegraph in 1853

rhertz · 07-10-2007, 12:30 AM

LOL, Interesting. How fast is morse code? I'm guessing the "baud rate" would be somewhere between 10 and 30 bps (encoded/compressed) That was the first "Internet".

When did the Titanic sink? They were still using morse code at that time, although it was wireless....

joepole · 07-10-2007, 09:40 AM

Titanic sank in 1912.

rhertz · 07-10-2007, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

Titanic sank in 1912.

Wow 60 years without a speed increase in "the Internet". That must have sucked although going wireless must have been a big boom especially for maritime applications.

07-09-2007, 11:17 AM	#1
sbl_admin Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 1,965 Rep Power: 267	Comments on: e and b jacobs Reader comments and feedback for the e and b jacobs photo. This image is part of the Historic Photos photo gallery founded 1844 shown here in 1868 in the 100 block of Texas.

07-09-2007, 11:20 AM	#2
LateNight SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,609 Rep Power: 274	I may have already commented on this picture.. but just look at that pic. it's freakin' Deadwood right here in Shreveport. I love it. So in 1868, would shreveport of had Telegraph yet ?

07-09-2007, 11:19 PM	#3
LateNight SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,609 Rep Power: 274	apparently Shreveport was connected to Houston, TX via telegraph in 1853

07-10-2007, 12:30 AM	#4
rhertz SBLive! Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,834 Rep Power: 301	LOL, Interesting. How fast is morse code? I'm guessing the "baud rate" would be somewhere between 10 and 30 bps (encoded/compressed) That was the first "Internet". When did the Titanic sink? They were still using morse code at that time, although it was wireless....

07-10-2007, 09:40 AM	#5
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 265	Titanic sank in 1912.

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