Talmage Flanagan in the Composing Room

A color photograph of a fair-skinned older man as he stands in a large composing room at an angled desk. He wears a jacket with a white collar, a baseball hat, and glasses. A man stands directly next to him, working on his own newspaper layout, and in the background there are several other workers doing similarly.

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Title

Talmage Flanagan in the Composing Room

Subject

Deaf employee, Talmage Flanagan stands at his work station in the Composing Room working on the weekly section.

Description

Prior to computerized newspaper design, paste up was integral to the printing process. In the composing room of The Washington Post, employees used cutting tools to manually lay-out the text and images of each page. Pictured here, Talmage Flanagan is pasting up a weekly paper.

Creator

James Buemi

Source

James Buemi Collection

Date

circa 1998

Rights

This Item has been made available for educational and research purposes by the Drs. John S. and Betty J. Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center at Gallaudet University. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You may need to obtain permission for your intended use if your use is otherwise not permitted by the copyright and applicable related rights legislation. For specific information about the copyright and reproduction rights for this Item, please contact the Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center: https://www.gallaudet.edu/drs-john-s-and-betty-j-schuchman-deaf-documentary-center

Format

Still Image

Type

Photograph

Citation

James Buemi, “Talmage Flanagan in the Composing Room,” DeafPrinters, accessed May 20, 2024, https://deafprinters.com/items/show/33.

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