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Radio Operator Theodore D. Haubner on the Deck of the S.S. Arapahoe, after Sending one of the First S.O.S. Distress Signals, 1909
1909
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
In 1909, telegraph operator Theodore Haubner sent the first American ship-to-shore wireless distress signal -- SOS. Haubner was aboard the SS Arapahoe off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, when it became disabled. This photograph, taken some time after the event, shows Haubner on the deck of the Arapahoe.
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- Title: Radio Operator Theodore D. Haubner on the Deck of the S.S. Arapahoe, after Sending one of the First S.O.S. Distress Signals, 1909
- Date Created: 1909
- Location: United States
- Subject Keywords: Haubner, Theodore D., Arapahoe (Ship), Radio operators, Ships, Telegraphs, Radio (Telecommunication system), Photographs
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Photographic print
- Object ID: 68.2.4
- Inventor: Theodore Haubner
- Invention: SOS Signal
- Image ID: THF101659
- Field: Radio
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Dorothy S. Haubner.
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