Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Old telephones are piled high at General Telephone's reclamation center in Pomona. High cost of using new components makes refurbishing worthwhile for companies. There's no loss in quality. Here, an employee sprays chemical cleanser on telephone switches before reassembly. Photograph dated September 21, 1975.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 17 cm. on sheet 26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
General Telephone Company of California General Telephone Company of California--Employees Recycled products--California--Pomona Remanufacturing--California--Pomona Telephones Pomona (Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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