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Printing room, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1937

Description
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.
Type
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Date
1937
Call number
photCL Whitt 1457 ; Whitt neg. 1582
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