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Typesetting, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937



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  • Typesetting, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937

    Typesetting, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937

    Visual Materials

    Men in aprons and rolled shirt sleeves work at setting type at the Los Angeles Times. The men work at desks and machines and draw their letters from trays arranged around the room.

    photCL Whitt 1460 ; Whitt neg. 1581

  • News desks, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

    News desks, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

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    Two men with vests and ties and shirt sleeves rolled up sit at desks with typewriters and phones at the Los Angeles Times. Both men are wearing headphones and have numerous pieces of paper on the desks in front of them.

    photCL Whitt 1440 ; Whitt neg. 1219

  • News desks, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

    News desks, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

    Visual Materials

    Five men sit at desks at the Los Angeles Times. Each of the desks has a lamp and a typewriter set off to the side. The men are looking at proofs, corrections, newspapers, and handwritten notes.

    photCL Whitt 1441 ; Whitt neg. 1224

  • Printing room, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937

    Printing room, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937

    Visual Materials

    A view of the job printing area of the Los Angeles Times. Employees work at desks and presses on individual jobs, rather than the newspaper. Some of the finished products are as small as pamphlets, while others are the size of a newspaper.

    photCL Whitt 1457 ; Whitt neg. 1582

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

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

    Visual Materials

    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

  • May Co., Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles. 1929

    May Co., Broadway and 8th, Los Angeles. 1929

    Visual Materials

    An interior view of a department of the May Co. department store, located at Broadway and 8th in Los Angeles. It looks like a printing shop, with presses in front of the windows on the right and stacks of paper around the room. Three men and a woman work at the presses on the right and three women work at desks on the left.

    photCL Whitt 1276 ; Whitt neg. 0380