File:Seattle Times composing room, ca 1927 (MOHAI 5812).jpg

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English: Seattle Times composing room, ca. 1927   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Seattle Times composing room, ca. 1927
Description
English: The Seattle Times' composing room was on an upper floor of the Times Square Building. The text of the articles on each page of the newspaper was set by hand in metal type. Each page was then printed from a separate printing plate. Today, much of this process is done by computer.

This photo, taken around 1927, shows men setting type and checking page composition in the Seattle Times composing room.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Newspaper industry; Typesetting; Seattle Times Company--People; Times Square Building (Seattle, Wash.)
Depicted place
English: Seattle (Wash.)
Date circa 1927
date QS:P571,+1927-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 nitrate negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
5812
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Credit Line
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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