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High Speed Check Sorting Equipment [Photograph]

DATE: 1968

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ABSTRACT: Employees operate a high speed check sorting machine that expedited the processing of paper checks. The St. Louis Fed's employee newsletter reported the volume of checks had increased from 3.5 billion in 1939 to 8 billion in 1952, and to 18 billion in 1968.

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High Speed Check Sorting Equipment [Photograph], . https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/archival/5182/item/527403, accessed on January 27, 2025.

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