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Yorkshire Evening Press, 1954 News of the World, 1986 Jaggers Chiles Stovall, 1970 The Linotype Line Blue Streak Comet Blue Streak Model 5 Meteor Blue Streak Models 29 & 30 Thorold Post, c1920 Blue Streak Model 31 Intertype Factory, 1966 Linofilm System Range­master Model 33/34 Range­master Model 35 New York Times 1942 Linotype Optional Extras c1960 Rail­way/­road Press Car 1913 New York Herald c1910 Bureau of Engraving & Printing c1930

New York Times 1942

The photographs on this page were taken from the collection held by the United States Library of Congress.

Linotype Operators at the New York Times September 1942

Linotype operators at the New York Times, photographed during the Second World War in September 1942. Nice comfortable-looking (and numbered!) operators' chairs.

Make-up men at the New York Times September 1942

Make-up men at work at the New York Times in September 1942. Looks like a couple of "subs" to the left of the picture, and a linecaster in the background.



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