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VISUAL CODES
INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS
 THE
ALL PURPOSE PRESENTATION, FORTUNE 1957 |
 DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR ENGLISH CITIES |
| SEEBOHM ROWNTREE, POVERTY 1901 |
| isotype and informational graphics |
| SIMPLE TASKS |
Hands
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COST OF DAMAGE TO THE HAND |
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HANDS THAT CARRY INFORMATION |
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SIGNING FOR THE DEAF 1942 |
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HAND GESTURES FOR DIVERS |
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HAND GESTURES - NUMBERS |
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HAND GESTURES FOR WATERSKIERS |
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HAND LANGUAGE FOR THE BOOKIE (HORSES) |
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HAND LANGUAGE - LETTERS |
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UMPIRES' GESTURES |
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V SIGNS (INADVERTANT OR DELIBERATE) |
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VISUAL LANGUAGES 'MUTE/DEAF' |
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SCOUTS' DRILL |
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SIGNALS, POLICEMAN |
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FINGERPRINTS |
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FORTUNE TELLING |
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ENGRAVING FROM BOSSE'S TREATISE 1645 |
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PACKAGING FOR PILLS |
Abstract Codes
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BRAILLE, EYES IN THE FINGERS ENGLISH ILL.MAG 1905 |
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BRAILLE |
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CIVILIAN CHEVRON MARKINGS |
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ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING |
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HOBOS' CODE |
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HOUSE MARKS |
| THE ROMANY PATERAN | |
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THOR ROCKET SWITCH AUTHENTICTY DOUBTFUL |
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MARITIME FLAGS (signals) |
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PERIODIC TABLE |
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QUIPU (coloured knots) |
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US CAR PLATES |
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BOTANICAL SIGNS |
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ROAD SIGNS (UK 1930's) |
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FOUR ELEMENTS |
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SWAN MARKINGS |
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STONEMASONS' MARKS |
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STRING FIGURES |
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REDMAN'S PERPETUAL TIDE TABLE 1761 |
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WEATHER SYMBOLS |
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JAPANESE FAMILY CRESTS (SINGLE) |
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CHINESE DEBT CERTIFICATES |
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TRADING STAMPS |
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THEATRE CHECKS AND TICKETS 1671 - 1817 |
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AMERICAN ABSTRACT/PICTORIAL SYMBOLS 1959 |
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BBC TV TEST CARD 1952 |
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ABSTRACTIONS IN A LANDSCAPE, A NEW CITY 1958 |
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CHALK MARKINGS IN A DIAGRAM OF GRAIN STORAGE BARRELS |
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CATTLE BRANDING 1950 |
Picture Codes
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HERALDRY |
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REBUS |
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THE STATE EXECUTIONER'S AXE |
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POINT IT OUT, 1944 |
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OSAKA EXPO '70 SIGNAGE |
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MONTREAL
EXPO 1967 SIGNAGE  |
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SEE-READING, LOOK MAGAZINE 1938 |
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CAR STICKERS AND RECORDING VISITS date unknown |
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SEALS for Towns and Individuals, National Maritime Museum |
Notation
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DANCE NOTATION |
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MUSICAL NOTATION |
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NOTATION FOR BALLET |
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NOTATION FOR GAMES |
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Sheldon's The Art of Short Writing, London 1672 |
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24 Representations of Polander's Tumbling (1894) |
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ASTROLOGICAL NOTATION, TROINSKI, 1001 Weltpolitische Horoskope 1955 |
Diagrammatic
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GOOD DIVES AND BAD DIVES ( Swimming for Schoolboys c1922) |
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CORBAN'S, EAT TO LIVE 1943, CULINARY DIAGRAMS (nutrition) |
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COST OF DAMAGE TO THE HAND |
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THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF BULLETS USED TO KILL ONE SOLDIER 1870 |
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COST OF BODILY DAMAGE |
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INTONATION |
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HEIGHTS ABOVE SEA LEVEL FOR AREAS OF LONDON |
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ENGINEERING THE MOTOR CAR C1955 |
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GOD AND THE FIRMAMENT AND TEXTS 1531 |
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FRISKING |
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Guide to Coinage, Hyginus, Basle 1550 |
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A Slave Ship, plan of packing in bodies |
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A Demonstration Baby |
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Representative Heights of Men |
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Guide To Flying c1937, Mechanical Drawing |
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Mapping the Ocean floor 1873-6 'Challenger" |
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BATTLE PLANS |
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A PLATE FROM DURER'S TREATISE ON FORTIFICATION 1527 |
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CEREMONIES OF THE BOYS' BRIGADE 1956, Flags and on Parade. |
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Marking fabric for Tailor's cutting 1589, Juan de Alcega |
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HOW TO TIE A BOW TIE |
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BRADMAN'S INNINGS |
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AN AIR RAID WARDEN'S POST US 1948 |
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CINE LIGHTING, NILSEN, CINEMA AS A GRAPHIC MEDIUM |
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MISE-EN-SCENE, THE BRAZEN HORSEMAN, NILSEN C1930 |
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A TENNIS COURT, VENICE 1555 |
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DROPS OF BLOOD FROM DIFFERENT HEIGHTS |
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USING YOUR TORCH IN THE BLACKOUT |
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VULNERABLE POINTS- A MODERN BATTLESHIP 1939 |
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SPANISH PATTERN BOOK 1640 diagram of cutting |
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HORSE MEDICINE HIPPIATRA 1576 |
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MAKING CHARCOAL, Kramer 1766 |
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THE EMPEROR'S CHAMBER AUDIENCE 1729 |
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A NEW TYPE OF BEE-HIVE 1679 |
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BUSINESS MAN AS CORPORATE DIAGRAM, New Yorker |
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ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED DISCIPLINES, UNICORNUS 1561 |
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KNOTS, Ties and Splices, Burgess/Irving 1943 |
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8709 WAYS OF CHANGING HALF A CROWN, PICTURE MAGAZINE 1893 |
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CORPORATE STRUCTURE, CARRICK 1949 |
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THE FUNERAL OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL |
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THE NARRATOR'S HOUSE from Flatland |
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ANCIENT SHIPPING PARIS 1549 |
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REED'S SEAMANSHIP 1952 FLAGS AND LIGHTS |
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MILTON'S HOROSCOPE DIAGRAM |
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CLASSIFYING FLOWERS, LESTIBOUDOIS 1781 |
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RADIO TUNING DIAL |
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CATCHING VERMIN c1725 |
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THE LACONIAN COUNTERMARCH Du Praissac 1642 |
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MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, an edition of Caesar's Commentaries Venice 1570, a battering ram |
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TEACHING AND LEARNING, FORTUNE 1961 |
| CAR STOPPING SPEEDS 1920 |
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ERNEST HAMLIN BAKER, The New Deal 1934 |
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GROWTH IN READERSHIP (figures, Popular Fictioon Group) |
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A VISUAL CHRONOLOGY,Union Carbide 10 years work 1943 |
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Measuring temperatures in the Chrysler Building 1939 |
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Man and Machines,output compared c 1900 |
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Mr.Jeffers' Rotolactor from FORTUNE magazine, date unknown |
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Diagram of a liner's power circuits etc 1934, SS Malolo |
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Hints for Infant Teachers, Arthur Hawcridge 1897 (Froebel System) |
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UK SUGAR BILL, Eng.Illust.Magazine 1905 |
Insignia
| PILOT CAP BADGE | |
| AVIATION CAP BADGES USA | |
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AIRFORCE
MARKINGS PLANES, CORPORATE IDENTITY  |
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AVIATION, RAF 1927 |
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AIRLINE INSIGNIA JULY 1958 |
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AIRCRAFT MARKINGS 1927-1939, 1955 |
| AIRCRAFT INSIGNIA,KNOW YOUR AIRLINERS 1955 |
Communication
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MANUAL OF SEAMANSHIP 1908 (1915) |
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BROWN'S SIGNAL REMINDER 8pp see also |
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CRYPTOGRAPHY |
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HELIOGRAPH |
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DISTRESSED CAMPERS |
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SEMAPHORE |
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AURAL CODE (MORSE) |
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COMPONENTS AVAILABILITY BOARD |
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THE PATERAN, A ROMANY DIRECTIONAL CODE |
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GETTING INFORMATION BY TORTURE, Venice 1669 |
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POLICE OF THE WORLD GESTICULATE |
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MESSAGES CARVED ON TREES, SHELL 1955 |
Maps and Location
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ARROW SHOWS YOU WHERE ... |
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ARROW INDICATES SLEEPWALKER |
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ANIMAL TRACKS |
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CAVALRY MANOEUVERS, MALZO, 1611 |
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FORTS IN EUROPE, FORTUNE 1943 |
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WHERE KING CHARLES HID IN THE OAKTREE |
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STONEHENGE, DOWSING INFLUENCE LINES |
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BERNARD VENABLES, MISTER CRABTREE GOES FISHING |
Tabled information
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SANDWICH BRIDGE TOLLS MARCH 2010 |
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MILITARY TOMBS, CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL , DECORATIONS AND HONOURS |
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IDENTITY CARD, TAXI DRIVER, NEW YORK |
Language
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PICTURE WRITING (Strand Magazine c1895) |
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HIEROGLYPHIC BIBLE |
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PREPOSITIONS |
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PROOFREADERS' MARKS |
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SHORTHAND |
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QUARANTINE NOTICES 1962 |
DODGY graphs and FORMULAE
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Sales Curves in California December 1953 |
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What Holds it up when He Lets Go? 1944 employment |
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One of the World's most beautiful pictures November 1945 |
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How High is Your Maintenance Cost? Catalytic 1955 |
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BENDIX, detail unpersuasive graph 1954 |
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cost of electricity 1954 Babcock and Wilcox |
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LOOK WHAT'S CORNERING THE HOLIDAY TRADE date unknown (a molecule) |
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Nearness to Major Markets, Massachusetts, 1949 |
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GRAFFCO Signals and Maptacks advertisement 1949 |
UNITS - MONEY, SHARES AND STAMPS
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TRADING STAMPS |
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Railroad Bank Notes |
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VISUAL LANGUAGES - THE MISCELLANY
(ORIGINAL SCREEN)
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men and charts
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SIMPLE TASKS
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