[GreenKeys] ticker tape ID continued

[John Nagle]

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> Hi folks:
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> I am still trying to find info on the machine that produced the ticker
> tape in the following pictures -- the tape pieces are said to have come
> from October 1929.  
> http://www.baudot.net/gil/Unknown-Ticker-Tape-003.jpg
> http://www.baudot.net/gil/Unknown-Ticker-Tape-007.jpg


     Didn't we cover this a few weeks ago?

     The narrow tape is a classic "ticker tape", but there's no way to tell
when it was actually printed.  There were machines printing in that format
from roughly 1900 to 1960.  Typefaces varied, but not that much.

     The multiline text is from a Dow Jones "Broad Tape" ticker, which printed 
text on a 5" wide tape.

	http://www.edisonticker.com/DowJonesStockTicker/

The Model 12 printed on 8.5" rolls, and longer lines of text would be expected.
Also, the Model 12, which was based on an Underwood typewriter, had narrower
characters.

						John Nagle