Manuscripts

Rubber rollers for Scott Color Press

Description: Approx. 55 items: letters, financial statements, handwritten notes, a blueprint and a proposal related to purchase and installation of rubber rollers for one or more presses at Times building in the 1933 - 1934 time frame. Companies mostly involved were Times-Mirror Co., Walter Scott & Co. and Niles & Nelson, Inc.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1933 - 1934
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Rubber rollers

Manuscripts

1 item: memo, 1/30/1934, from H.E. Downing to Frank X. Pfaffinger, reading in part, "Mr. Baum has just told me that he has purchased rubber rollers for the new presses from the Goodrich Rubber Co. at a cost of $19,000...Payment will not have to be made for quite some time but I am handing this information to you that you may be advised."

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Presses - R. Hoe & Co. proposal

Manuscripts

1 item: proposal package from R. Hoe & Co. to Times-Mirror Publishing Company, 12/28/1936, including 5-pp. cover letter, reproductions of several telegrams to Ray Willoughby, Manager - Western States, for R. Hoe & Co., praising that company's products, approx. ten photos and one blueprint of these products.

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Motor drives and Scott color press

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: letters, memos, reports, invoices, and a blueprint related to purchase and installation of motor drives and a color press. Also involved were Walter Scott & Co. and Graybar Electric Co. Major item: 10-plus pages, "Proposals and sanctions submitted to The Los Angeles Times...printing press drive equipment" (9/27/1932), including report with specifications, photos of the equipment and a blueprint.

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Walter Scott & Co. press - Color

Manuscripts

Approx. 60 items: letters, memos, telegrams, reports and a proposal related to purchase by TM Co. of printing machinery from Walter Scott Co. of New Jersey.

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6215 Sunset Blvd. - Ballroom and Shops (Times Mirror Co.) [The Palladium]. Specs., Section 1 - 21

Manuscripts

1 item: approx. 125-pp. (blueprint sheets) with text material on specifications for "Ballroom & Shops, 6215 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles." Times Mirror Co., owner.

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International Business Machines Corporation - Hollerith Tabulating Installation

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: bound report (blue covers), "International Business Machines - Proposal from the Tabulating Machine Division...submitted to The TImes MIrror Company," 8/24/1937 ; bound report (blue covers), "International Business Machines - "Tabulating Procedure - Times Mirror Co., for Mr. H.E. Downing ; ads, booklets and spreadsheets related to installation of tabulating equipment at TM businesses.

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