[GreenKeys] "HERE IS" Button

[Richard Knoppow]

    The link broke here, I am resending it carrots to see if it 
will stick together. Maybe just wordwrap on my machine.
    I remember the pasted strip telegrams very well.

On 6/15/2019 11:31 PM, Jim Cooper wrote:
> On 16 Jun 2019 at 4:01, Joe Herdler via GreenKeys wrote:
> 
>>   It too is a Western Union machine. The tape (I have
>> been told) would be cut into certain size lengths and pasted on
>> message cards.
> 
> Yes, it was 1/4" (as I recall) narrow yellow paper tape with
> gummed back (similar to what postage stamps used back
> then) ...  the message was typed on the Strip Printer and
> the narrow tape was then moistened and pasted onto the
> official Telegram form ...  in fact, there is a special tool
> that was used for that, with a long round tube for the water
> and a small sponge on the end to rub against the gummed
> side of the paper tape ...
> 
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  AAAAAAAAKw/L8v3Tdzn3RQ/s400/western+union+telegra
  m.jpg>
> 
> if that link works, you will see a sample of the result.
> 
> Jim  W2JC
> WU Phila. area office engr.  1962-1964

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