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Montreal supermarket cashier Lynne Bourgie passes food items over glass which reads pricing code on each article
Montreal supermarket cashier Lynne Bourgie passes food items over glass which reads pricing code on each article

Montreal supermarket cashier Lynne Bourgie passes food items over glass which reads pricing code on each article

Date5/3/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Montreal supermarket cashier Lynne Bourgie passes food items over glass which reads pricing code on each article. The scanner automatically records the prices. One reader wonders what will happen when price changes occur. Do they re-code the items? he asks.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015154F
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