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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

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

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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

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New York, New York. Telegraph room of the New York Times newspaper. Telegrapher on the direct wire from Washington, D.C.

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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

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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. Pressroom of the New York Times newspaper. Pressman reading first edition as it comes off presses on conveyor, to detect defective press work

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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

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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

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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

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New York, New York. Art department of the New York Times newspaper. Cartographer makes map from key maps

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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)

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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