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Colonel Ijams, Director of the Veterans Bureau (standing)

Colonel Ijams, Director of the Veterans Bureau (standing) overseeing the signing of cheques by the Disbursement Officer using a multiple signing machine which can sign 15 cheques at a time and has a capacity of 15 000 cheques per day. The bonus cheques were disbursed to WW1 veterans as a result of the passage of the Wright Patman Bonus Bill on 15th June 1932. Washington DC, USA

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Yale swimming star Alan Ford being congratulated by American backstroke champion

Yale swimming star Alan Ford being congratulated by American backstroke champion Gloria Callen after Ford broke his own world record in the 100 metre freestyle at the swim meet held in the Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale on 14th February 1943. New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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The Telstar II communications satellite

The Telstar II communications satellite, a duplicate of Telstar 1 which was launched into orbit in 1962. Both were communications satellites belonging to American company AT&T. In the US, the satellites were monitored by the Andover Earth Station in Maine.1963

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