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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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    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

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    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

  • Typesetting, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

    Typesetting, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

    Visual Materials

    Two columns of text are set for printing at the Los Angeles Times. A hand reaches in from the left to set a heading into the middle of the text. Each block of text sits in an individual tray.

    photCL Whitt 1446 ; Whitt neg. 1223

  • Rolls of paper, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

    Rolls of paper, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

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    A man loads rolls of paper into a printing machine at the Los Angeles Times. The employee, wearing jeans and a dirty shirt, has pushed a large roll of paper along a wheeled track so that it can be loaded onto a machine that already has two rolls, one equally large and one about a third of the size.

    photCL Whitt 1450 ; Whitt neg. 1222

  • Lobby mezzanine, Jonathan Club, 545 South Figueroa, Los Angeles. 1937

    Lobby mezzanine, Jonathan Club, 545 South Figueroa, Los Angeles. 1937

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    A view of the lobby mezzanine of the Jonathan Club at 545 South Figueroa in Los Angeles. The floor is covered in long oriental rugs and the capitals of the columns and the ceiling are ornately decorated. Chairs, desks, and lamps line both sides of the mezzanine, which overlooks the lobby on the right.

    photCL Whitt 1467 ; Whitt neg. 1578