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Press room, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937

Description: A slightly elevated view of a press room at the Los Angeles Times. The press has two levels, with a permanent scaffolding around the top level. Paper is threaded through the machine on the left, but is not visible on the right. Workers stands on the ground level near the press and at a table that has sample papers on it.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1937
Call number: photCL Whitt 1456 ; Whitt neg. 1559
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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

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

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

Wirephoto receiver, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

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A man points at a part on an Associated Press wirephoto receiver at the Los Angeles Times. The machine is mounted on a small cabinet with a panel of dials and switches.

photCL Whitt 1454 ; Whitt neg. 1235

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

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

Press room, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937

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