[GreenKeys] "HERE IS" Button
Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
Sun Jun 16 02:56:40 EDT 2019
Didn't work, you will have to cut and paste it.
On 6/15/2019 11:55 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> 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 ...
>>
> <https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RNrl2Gr0VwI/SNReq9-xNgI/A
> 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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Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL
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