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Image Not Available for The businessman dictates his letters by microphone. If he wants a shorthand report, he presses a button on the board between thephone and microphone which is on his desk.
The businessman dictates his letters by microphone. If he wants a shorthand report, he presses a button on the board between thephone and microphone which is on his desk.
Image Not Available for The businessman dictates his letters by microphone. If he wants a shorthand report, he presses a button on the board between thephone and microphone which is on his desk.

The businessman dictates his letters by microphone. If he wants a shorthand report, he presses a button on the board between thephone and microphone which is on his desk.

Creator Presse-Photo
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 16.7 x 12.2 cm (6 9/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
    Object number2002/7527
    LocationNot currently on display

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