Fwd: Mystery object...

Zane H. Healy healyzh at aracnet.com
Mon Jun 1 08:59:19 CDT 2009


At 7:23 AM -0500 6/1/09, Jules Richardson wrote:
>We've got a chap looking for an ID on the following - anyone got any ideas?
>
>http://www.classiccmp.org/acornia/tmp/mystery.jpg
>
>Photo dated May 27th 1947, apparently (so speculation so far is some 
>form of relay-based controller rather than a computer, but that's 
>merely a guess)

My guess is something to do with trains, as that appears to be a 
passenger car in the background.  Is this a UK photo?

Zane



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