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Setting up a $6,000 sorting machine for the computer show is Bob McLean, service representative for A
Setting up a $6,000 sorting machine for the computer show is Bob McLean, service representative for A

Setting up a $6,000 sorting machine for the computer show is Bob McLean, service representative for A

Date10/2/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Setting up a $6;000 sorting machine for the computer show is Bob McLean; service representative for A.B. Dick Canada Ltd.The slanting bins can sort 100 different sheets at a rate of 9;000 sheets an hour; for stapling or binding.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0005831F
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