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Two Men Repair Typewriters

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Two men are repairing typewriters at a table at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).

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Source Collection Joan Phelan collection of Leon and Beatrice Lamoreux photographs, circa 1923-1945
Call Number 1007000039

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Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W0133J4
Legacy ID
WHi 77551

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Naval Student Operating Telegraph

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One Naval student operates a telegraph while another student observes, listening with earphones, at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio). A typewriter is in the right foreground.

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A large class of Naval students learn typing at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).

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Group Taking Messages at Air Base

Group Taking Messages at Air Base

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Six women and one man take messages at the Truax Field Message Center, during World War II. Beatrice Lamoreux is sitting at the back table on the left side. She, and her husband Leon, taught typing...

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Naval Students at the U.S. Naval Training School

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A group of Naval students learn to use hacksaws in a machine shop at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).

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Typewriters Waiting to be Repaired

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Man Testing Telegraph Equipment

Man Testing Telegraph Equipment

A man testing telegraph equipment at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).

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