Antique 1882 engraving, Anson Stager. Anson Stager (1825-1885) was the co-founder of Western Union, the first president of Western Electric Manufacturing Company and Union Army general, where he was head of the Military Telegraph Department during the Civil War.


SOURCE: Original steel engraving.


Size: 4542px × 4633px
Photo credit: © Old Paper Studios / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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