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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution farrington automatic farringtonautomatic address reading machine addressreadingmachine usps intelligent machines research corporation intelligentmachinesresearchcorporation 1953 imr farrington summerfield address machine addressmachine post national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons blackandwhite black and white Description: A postal employee shows off the Department's new automatic address reading machine. The "Farrington Automatic" machine was developed by Intelligent Machines Research Corporation. Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield tested and purchased a variety of machines to help speed up mail processing in large city post offices in the early 1950s. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1953 Collection: Machinery Collection Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2008-36 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194388 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Description: A postal employee shows off the Department's new automatic address reading machine. The "Farrington Automatic" machine was developed by Intelligent Machines Research Corporation. Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield tested and purchased a variety of machines to help speed up mail processing in large city post offices in the early 1950s. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1953 Collection: Machinery Collection Repository: National Postal Museum Accession number: A.2008-36 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194388 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
