Animated / Scrolling Display - 1930's style

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awneil
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Posted by awneil: Sat. Feb 20, 2021 - 10:51 AM
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Nowadays it's all done electronically, but the principles remain the same:]

 

https://youtu.be/o1JNeRpsiMI?t=187

 

 

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Posted by barnacle: Sat. Feb 20, 2021 - 11:31 AM
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Punched paper tape for the win!

 

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Posted by clawson: Sat. Feb 20, 2021 - 02:49 PM
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Wow this is a coincidence. I watched a documentary about something in the 30's or 40's in the last month and they showed a downtown building with a scrolling news feed a bit like the CNN/SkyNews "ticker tape" and my first thought was "that can't be right, how could they show scrolling text back then?".

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Posted by DocJC: Sat. Feb 20, 2021 - 07:40 PM
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Wow, the guys climbing around the signs to clean them and replace the bulbs are doing so without a safety harness!

 

But since OSHA, (Occupational Safety and Health Act) wasn't in existence before 1970 I guess such practices were common place.

Similar to the iron workers for building skyscrapers.

 

I think I'll stick with my curent job!

 

JC 

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