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Pneumatic delivery system, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

Description
A man pulls paper clipped papers out of a pneumatic delivery tube at the Los Angeles Times. There are a series of ten tubes on the wall in front of him, and a telephone on the desk on the left.
Type
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Date
1941
Call number
photCL Whitt 1443 ; Whitt neg. 1226
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