Topical photo. SAVING TIME AND SPACE IN THE TICKET OFFICE. See "Our Illustrations.” The Great Western Railway Company has installed at Birmingham, for the first time in England, a ticket printing and issuing machine. The booking clerk inserts a blank ticket, adjusts a pointer, presses a handle, and the ticket drops out. bearing the names of the stations between which it is available, the price, date, consecutive number, route, class, and any other necessary details.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 19, 10 May 1911, Page 31
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75Topical photo. SAVING TIME AND SPACE IN THE TICKET OFFICE. See "Our Illustrations.” The Great Western Railway Company has installed at Birmingham, for the first time in England, a ticket printing and issuing machine. The booking clerk inserts a blank ticket, adjusts a pointer, presses a handle, and the ticket drops out. bearing the names of the stations between which it is available, the price, date, consecutive number, route, class, and any other necessary details. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 19, 10 May 1911, Page 31
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