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Word: ticketfax (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...through an electronic scanner that prints the Pullman ticket automatically. Elapsed time: two minutes. To accommodate customers ordering reservations from other locations, Pennsy has a photoelectric wire system connecting 30th Street with other ticket offices in Philadelphia and Wilmington. When the scanner prints the ticket, Western Union's "Ticketfax" sends out a facsimile to the point of purchase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOMATION: TV, Tickets & Trains | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

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