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Photograph caption dated December 31, 1958 reads, "Looking into a high-powered microscope, this Kelvin Electric Co. operator is making connections with wire one-eighth the thickness of a human hair. The special alloy wire used in resistors made by the company cost $7,000 a pound. A one-pound spool contains 300 miles of wire."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Kelvin Electric Co.--Employees Microscopes--Calibration--California--Los Angeles Microscopes--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Wire Valley Times Collection photographs
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