legrand lockwood, early adopter
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LeGrand Lockwood, born in Norwalk, Connecticut in 1820, went on to make a fortune in the railroad business. He was an enthusiastic adopter of the new technologies of his day. This talk, delivered at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, considers how Lockwood and his contemporaries thought about the future of technology. Hear the presentation at http://youtu.be/9A-KCQJ-GPITRANSCRIPT
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LEGRAND LOCKWOOD, EARLY ADOPTER
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Legrand Lockwood, Early adopter
For the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, Norwalk, CT
Steven Lubar, Brown University April 2013
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Norwalk, Connecticut, 1836Courtesy the Connecticut Historical Society
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Phelps’ travellers guide through the united states, 1850
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Norwalk, Connecticut, 1850Courtesy the Connecticut Historical Society
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Morse and the telegraph, 1840sGranger Collection
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telegraph lines, proposed, 1857Courtesy Library of Congress
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The Transatlantic Cable, 1858Courtesy Library of Congress
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Henry David Thoreau, Walden; or, Life in the Woods, 1854
Courtesy Library of Congress
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Thoreau’s diaries and pencilsCourtesy The Morgan Library & Museum
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CHAUNCEY THOMAS, The Crystal Button, 1891
Courtesy Open Library
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Edward S. Ellis, The Steam Man of the Prairies, 1866
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Spirit of Transportation
Karl Bitter, 1895 30th Street Station, Philadelpha
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“Fifty Years from Now,” by Hugo GernsbacK, 1925
San Antonio Light, Feb. 8, 1925
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NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, House of the Seven Gables, 1851
Courtesy Open Library
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“Terrors of the Telephone” - The orator of the Future
1877
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"Mr. A. Merger Hogg is taking a few days' much-needed rest at his country home" 1903
Charles Dana Gibson
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Harpers Weekly
1908
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“We’ll all be happy then,” 1911Life Magazine, 1911
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Syracuse Herald, June 8, 1919
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