Samuel Morse first established himself as a talented painter, but his interest in long-distance communication led to innovations that laid the groundwork for a communications revolution. Born in ...

Inventor Samuel F. B. Morse spent summers at his Locust Grove Estate in New York's Hudson Valley. The 14,000-square-foot Italianate villa, built in 1852, has 45 rooms over six floors. It was purchased ...

In 1853, the Supreme Court gave Samuel Morse some bad news. In O'Reilly v. Morse, the justices approved the inventor's patent for part of the telegraph that delivered the Morse code message "What ...

Royal House wasn't a place but a man — a prolific inventor and Binghamton resident whose printing telegraph made him a rival of Samuel Morse.

This photo of Samuel F.B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, was made when he was 59 years old shortly after he had sent his first successful telegram between Washington and Baltimore May 24,1844. ...

When the S.S. Vestris foundered off the Virginia Capes in 1928 with the loss of 110 lives, it wasn’t for lack of a telegraph officer urgently tapping out Morse code. But the SOS came too late ...

Samuel Morse, as in the Morse code used for telegraph messages, died 131 years ago. Nearly forgotten today, except when mentioned as an “inventor,” Morse not only revolutionized long-distance ...

The famous inventor’s painting of Gallery of the Louvre is as much a fascinating work of art as a 19th century history lesson Megan Gambino Senior Editor Samuel F. B. Morse, Gallery of the ...

The American inventor and painter’s work “Gallery of the Louvre” is newly restored and on display at the National Gallery of Art through July 8.