Machine signs 7,000 social security checks per hour with no writer's cramp. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. John W. Thomas is shown here feeding social security checks into a check signing device which reels off some 7,000 checks per hour. The checks are being made at the Treasury Department's Disbursing
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"Machine signs 7,000 social security checks per hour with no writer's cramp. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. John W. Thomas is shown here feeding social security checks into a check signing device which reels off some 7,000 checks per hour. The checks are being made at the Treasury Department's Disbursing" (1939). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Machine_signs_7,000_social_security_checks_per_hour_with_no_writer%27s_cramp._Washington,_D.C.,_Dec._14._John_W._Thomas_is_shown_here_feeding_social_security_checks_into_a_check_signing_device_LCCN2016876778.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 287064.
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