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Pressroom. Numbering cast plates with page numbers for identification.

February 23, 2018

The Urban Lens: Vintage photos show the New York Times’ 1940s printing process

In September 1942, with humanity in the throes of WWII, one Marjory Collins photographed the inner workings of the New York Times for the U.S. Office of War Information. Her photos depict a culture of white men and machines working at individual tasks for the greater goal of creating the day's paper. The press printing process shown is a world apart from today's digital media industry, where so many human jobs have been antiquated by more advanced technology, which is, thankfully, more diverse.
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The history of New York’s Newspaper Row, the epicenter of 19th century news

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May 10, 2017

The history of New York’s Newspaper Row, the epicenter of 19th century news

By Michelle Young

While the news industry today continues to shift from bustling offices to laptops in coffee shops, it may be hard to imagine that the publishing industry was at the epicenter of some of the world's most important architectural feats. But this was the case in late 19th century New York City, when the daily newspaper industry was centered at Park Row, near City Hall. Such institutions included The New York Times, The New York Tribune and The New York World.
Take a trip back in time with us and explore Newspaper Row

November 18, 2014

New York Times Will Finally Stop Comparing Everything to Brooklyn

By Dana Schulz

“What’s next? Describing Manaus as the Williamsburg of the Amazon? Katmandu as the Cobble Hill of Nepal?” These are the questions posed by New York Times Standards editor Philip B. Corbett to his writers, who can’t seem to stop comparing everything in the world to Brooklyn. He references The Atlantic‘s article “All the Places The […]

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The Urban Lens: Vintage photos show the New York Times’ 1940s printing process

The history of New York’s Newspaper Row, the epicenter of 19th century news

New York Times Will Finally Stop Comparing Everything to Brooklyn

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