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Vintage Photographs of the New York City Subway
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A man gets change in nickels from a change booth operator so he can pass through the new nickel-operated turnstiles which have replaced the ticket and ticket-chopper (a man who manually cut tickets at the gate) system in the New York City subway, early 1920s. The move allowed subway companies to reduce operating costs by drastically reducing personnel.
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