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Story: Producing the New York Times - September 1942

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New York, New York. New York Times newspapers being loaded on trucks from mailroom

New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. As make-up of each page is completed, time is marked up on board

New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Paper mat is made in "rock crusher" and inked for visibility

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Transporting rolls of paper to presses. Each roll weighs about 1700 lbs pounds and will make about 1300 newspapers

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Transporting rolls of paper to presses. Each roll weighs about 1700 lbs pounds and will make about 1300 newspapers

New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Linotyper's hands

New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Notices for type style changes in words such as WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corp) and FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Linotype operators

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Placing plates on cylinder of press

New York, New York. Mailroom of the New York Times newspaper. Papers come from the pressroom on a conveyor

New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Times daily index to the news is set partly by hand. This man has been doing it for fifteen years

New York, New York. Mailroom of the New York Times newspaper. After arriving on a conveyor from the press room, papers are wrapped in bundles according to orders

New York, New York. Mailroom of the New York Times newspaper. Bundles of papers are carried to trucks for distribution

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. Preparing to thread paper through presses

New York, New York. Mailroom of the New York Times newspaper. Bundles of papers are carried to trucks for distribution

New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Making up the sports page

New York, New York. Reel room of the New York Times newspaper. In threading paper through presses two rolls of paper are pasted together by automatic paster so that presses never stop moving

New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Page make-up

New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Page make-up

New York, New York. Composing room of the New York Times newspaper. Making up the sport page

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Numbering cast plates with page numbers for identification

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Casting of plates from mats in Autoplate machine

New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Putting plates into presses before they start rolling

New York, New York. Drama department of the New York Times newspaper. Brooks Atkinson, drama critic, longhanding the review of a new play