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Title: Report submitted relative to the telephone industry in New York state to ... the Governor
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: N.Y. (State) Bureau of women in industry
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: Albany, J.B. Lyon
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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