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Addressograph Graphotype

Addressograph Graphotype

The unidentified people in this undated photograph are believed to be transcribing medical records on an Addressograph Graphotype machine at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. The graphotype was basically a “dog tag” machine. The United States Military did not want to develop specialized equipment to imprint identification tags. The standard keyboard and space bar operated similar to a manual typewriter for quick production of embossing or debossing of metal tags or plastic cards.

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created
00/00/1950
description
The unidentified people in this undated photograph are believed to be transcribing medical records on an Addressograph Graphotype machine at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. The graphotype was basically a “dog tag” machine. The United States Military did not want to develop specialized equipment to imprint identification tags. The standard keyboard and space bar operated similar to a manual typewriter for quick production of embossing or debossing of metal tags or plastic cards.
hasFormat
Photoprint
hasVersion
DF 591
identifier
nbg/obj/nbg_obj_00591, nbg/obj/nbg_obj_00591-th
isPartOf
Digital Forsyth NBG Objects
isReferencedBy
NBG_obj_591
publisher
Coy C. Carpenter Library
rights
These images are protected by copyright restrictions. Please contact the owning library (Coy C. Carpenter Library)for more information
rightsHolder
Wake Forest University
subject
Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works, Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Sources, Digital Forsyth
title
Addressograph Graphotype
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