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Roller Skating Telegraph Operators. Seven Press Photos from the 1930s-1950s.

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Roller Skating Telegraph Operators. Seven Press Photos from the 1930s-1950s.

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Roller Skating Telegraph Operators.
Seven Press Photos from the 1930s-1950s.

Black-and-white images, mostly 8 x 10, showing women on skates performing their duties at Western Union Telegraph offices in New York and Chicago, each with printed dated captions and stamps on versos, some retouched for publication, some images slightly smaller. (7)

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Roller Skating Telegraph Operators. Seven Press Photos from the 1930s-1950s.

Name: Roller Skating Telegraph Operators. Seven Press Photos from the 1930s-1950s.
SKU: 177493463
Price: 300 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $300 - $500

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