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Wirephoto receiver, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941



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  • Telephotograph sending machine, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

    Telephotograph sending machine, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

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    A man uses a Western Electric telephotograph sending machine at the Los Angeles Times. A photograph of a ship being launched from a dry dock is being run through the machine, which has a panel of dials and buttons.

    photCL Whitt 1453 ; Whitt neg. 1227

  • Newspaper printing, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

    Newspaper printing, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

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    Two men work on a printing press at the Los Angeles Times. One of the men stands on a raised platform and looks at printed pages which are feeding through the machine. The other man stands on the ground level below him and has his hand on a panel of large buttons.

    photCL Whitt 1451 ; Whitt neg. 1228

  • Setting the press, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

    Setting the press, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

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    Two men work on a press at the Los Angeles Times. One of the men is bending over, setting a block of text in the machine for printing. The second man stands behind him and holds a lever on the machine.

    photCL Whitt 1449 ; Whitt neg. 1230

  • Rolls of paper, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

    Rolls of paper, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

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    A man loads rolls of paper into a printing machine at the Los Angeles Times. The employee, wearing jeans and a dirty shirt, has pushed a large roll of paper along a wheeled track so that it can be loaded onto a machine that already has two rolls, one equally large and one about a third of the size.

    photCL Whitt 1450 ; Whitt neg. 1222

  • Cartoonist, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

    Cartoonist, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

    Visual Materials

    A man is seated at a tilted desk, working on a cartoon for the Los Angeles Times. Drawing materials are on a short, small cabinet, and newspaper clippings with images of Uncle Sam are at the top of the desk. The cartoon shows Uncle Sam holding a newspaper the has "Free Press" on it in large font. This is presumably Bruce Russell, whose signature is at the bottom of the cartoon.

    photCL Whitt 1445 ; Whitt neg. 1233

  • Plant interior, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937

    Plant interior, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937

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    A man stands at a machine in the plant of the Los Angeles Times. The man's left hand is on a lever and his right hand holds a rag. The machine has numerous valves and levers, as well as a gauge of some kind.

    photCL Whitt 1458 ; Whitt neg. 1579