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Story: Producing the New York Times - September 1942
44 photos
New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. After casting, plates are shaved of unessential metal, and cooled in water in shaver
New York, New York. Mailroom of the New York Times newspaper. Papers, delivered from press room on a conveyor, are tied into packages according to orders from retailers
New York, New York. Photographic department of the New York Times newspaper. One of eight staff photographers returns to staff room after assignment. Over door is eulogy of new camera. At left are maps of the city and region for photographers' reference
New York, New York. "Morgue" of the New York Times newspaper. Clippings on every conceivable subject are filed here for a reference. Editors and writers phone in for information. In center background is a photograph of Adolph Ochs, founder of the paper
New York, New York. "Morgue" of the New York Times newspaper. Tommy Bracken, head of the Morgue, who has been with the paper fifty-one years and is its oldest employee, looking up something for an editor or writer who has phoned in for information
New York, New York. Newsroom of the New York Times newspaper. Reporters and rewrite men writing stories, and waiting to be sent out. Rewrite man in background gets the story on the phone from reporter outside
New York, New York. Library of the New York Times newspaper. Editors and writers can look up every conceivable subject and get information not available in the "morgue"
New York, New York. Photo engraving department of the New York Times newspaper. Routing a cut
New York, New York. Photo engraving department of the New York Times newspaper. Examining the dots on the screen of a strip negative in the darkroom before it is transferred to a zinc plate
New York, New York. Telegraph room of the New York Times newspaper. Telegrapher on the direct wire from Washington, D.C.
New York, New York. Wire room of the New York Times newspaper. Copy boys mimeograph all incoming dispatches which are then passed through slot into newsroom
New York, New York. Art department of the New York Times newspaper. Cartographer makes map from key maps
New York, New York. Art department of the New York Times newspaper. Cartographer consults key maps filed for reference in making maps for paper. This man here during last war; claims he can keep at least two countries ahead of the war
New York, New York. Photographic department of the New York Times newspaper. The Times syndicates its photographs all over the world; sends some by clipper to Europe daily
New York, New York. Recording room of the New York Times newspaper. Overseas shortwave telephone operators receive messages from Berne, Switzerland, and Honolulu. Other places have been cut off since the war
New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Pressman reading first edition as it comes off presses on conveyor, to detect defective press work
New York, New York. Pressroom of the New York Times department. Finished papers come out of cutting and folding machine on rapidly moving belt. Every fiftieth is automatically slated to facilitate counting
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New York, New York. Wire room of the New York Times newspaper. Copy boy about to tear off dispatch coming over Associated Press