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Glossary - Floorman.mp4
FLOORMAN: a printer who worked on laying out the text and images for newspaper pages.

Glossary - Dupe.mp4
DUPE: An assessment of a potential worker's skill, often administered after a trial period.

Glossary - DarkRoom.mp4
DARKROOM: An enclosed space with minimal light exposure for image processing.

Glossary - CX.mp4
CORRECTION: the act of reviewing text for errors and marking the page for revision.

Glossary - CashIn.mp4
CASH IN: to demand payment for the work completed at the end of the shift with the intention of discontinuing work at the shop.

Glossary - BegOff.mp4
BEG-OFF: To ask to be released from work without penalty.

A color photograph of a cafeteria, four fair-skinned men of middle and older age sit at a table playing a card game. They are wearing collared-work shirts and t-shirts. Around them other dining tables with chairs fill the room. The table closest to them is set with food and drink items in paper wrappings.
Workers often played cards and chatted during lunch breaks, which lasted 30 minutes.

A black and white photograph of a fair-skinned man in a collared shirt pushing a metal cart with metal newspaper page. Beside him, three other workers stand, back to camera, at the make-up tables. Two workers are fair-skinned, one is dark-skinned.
Workers in the composing room were often tasked with moving pages from make-up to the proofing room. Some Deaf workers recall how hearing supervisors frequently asked Deaf workers to complete this physically arduous task.

A color photograph of a fair skinned older woman sits at a desk within an office space. She wears glasses, has short, blonde hair, and sports a white sweater with a floral design on it. She smiles for the camera, and her hand rests on a computer mouse.
As an Assignment Supervisor, Herbold would meet with both Deaf and hearing employees at her desk, giving them job assignments.

A color photograph of a group of older, fair-skinned people standing and sitting, smiling at the camera. Each person holds up ASL handshapes spelling out WASHINGTON POST. In the background a screen reads Washington Post Stories.
At a reunion held at Gallaudet University, retired Deaf printers gathered to discuss their stories and develop a plan for an online exhibit.
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