SummaryInscribed in pencil on back: "From tape to metal [tr--?] plates in cabinet handled by dispatcher John Murphy, to William Ober who puts it in machine which sends it to firehouse (machine top right.) Time 35 seconds." Two newspaper clippings pasted to back from same article published April 26, 1953. Both are stamped April 26, 1953. Clipping reads: ... Dispatcher John Murphy, crouching, pulls out metal plate, punched with holes selecting which companies will answer and which will be alerted. Bill Ober will put plate in sending machine, top right.
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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