File:330-PS-6179-2 (17233445361).jpg

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Description 330-PS-6179-2: First Automatic Stamp Vending Machine at the Pentagon, 1953. The machine, known as the Stamp Vendor was manufactured by the Johnson-Fare Box Company of Chicago, Illinois, and is built into the counter of the Post Office. Its top is flush into the counter and has six slots through which the six denominations of stamps are dispensed. The clerk presses a button behind the counter for the number of stamps of a certain denomination the customer wants. September 22, 1953. Note, female service members from all branches of the military. The machine was operated by Miss Dorothy M. Connolly. (4/21/2015).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/17233445361 (archive). It was reviewed on 10 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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