
4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 22cm x 32cm
Description
Equipment used for photographing customers' telephone-call meters. The process of billing customers for their telephone calls was made significantly easier by photographing the meters in batches using a specially-adapted camera. The readings could be transcribed more comfortably in another part of the exchange and a permanent record resulted which was useful evidence in case of dispute.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10460770
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