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Lois Chipper operates a storage and retrieval system that in seconds will put on a screen a given page from one of 200,000 books
Lois Chipper operates a storage and retrieval system that in seconds will put on a screen a given page from one of 200,000 books

Lois Chipper operates a storage and retrieval system that in seconds will put on a screen a given page from one of 200,000 books

Date11/27/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Lois Chipper operates a storage and retrieval system that in seconds will put on a screen a given page from one of 200;000 books.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0005965F
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