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A color photograph of a fair skinned older man as he sits at a desk; he has brown hair, a mustache and glasses and he wears a striped, collared, button down shirt tucked into jeans. His hands rest on a large keyboard linked to a large, boxed computer monitor known as Raycomp. Behind him is a stand which hosts several newspaper clippings attached to it.
As printing technologies transitioned, Raycomp was an early instance of computing used in the printing process. At The Washington Post, the transition began in the 1990s and multiple printing forms occurred simultaneously. Some Deaf printers worked…

A color photograph of a fair skinned, older man with a mustache sitting at a desk table in an office space, his hand resting on a computer mouse. He wears a dark blue and green collared shirt and glasses. He is sitting within an office cubicle at a desk which holds a large, older box-shaped computer monitor with a document displayed on it, a keyboard, and mouse.
The transition from linotype to digital page creation occurred in the early 1990s. Employees like Zekas utilized the computer program Ad Maker to design and edit ad pages.

A color photograph of a fair-skinned, older woman smiling widely at the camera while sitting in a desk chair in a large office room. She wears a brown short-sleeved shirt with khaki pants. On the desk is a large, box-shaped computer monitor with a keyboard and mouse, as well as several papers and filing stands with papers inside.
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 white man, wearing a t-shirt, jeans, and glasses, stands smiling in front of shelf with wire baskets, beside a grey metal output slot on the wall.
The film output room was an important stop in the work process. Text and images were combined to create newspaper pages.

A color photo of a group of four people within an office space; there are two fair-skinned older women and two fair-skinned older men. The men both wear short sleeved collared shirts, one with a tie who is sat down at a table with a clipboard and the other standing while holding a cup. The women wear short sleeved shirts, one of whom wears jeans and is standing while mid-sign. The tables surrounding them hold food and drink items.
Many work related meetings were held in the Composing Room.

A color photograph of several fair-skinned men wearing suits and ties stand in a large composing room, looking forward at the camera. Around the room are desks with box computers and tables for paste-up. One fair-skinned woman stands atop a chair looking beyond the camera with her hands crossed neatly in front of her.
This meeting, likely taking place during the winter holiday party, discussed the forthcoming Mega Employment issue. As the speaker addressed the group, an interpreter, Dianna Markel, signed to Jan DeLap. DeLap then interpreted the message for the…

A scan of a handwritten notecard. Cursive text reads: "Goodin, Merle John, Arkansas, 1937 3 1/2 years. Route #1 Conway Ark., Printer - Colonial Beach Va. - June 1936, Washington Post June 1938, 661 K St., N.E., Washington D.C., 6/24/42, 112 Oates St. N.E., 1148 " ", 1819 Brisbane St. Silver Spring, Md. 9/11/48, 2016 Anita Lane, Bakersfield, Calif. 8-8-58."
Alumni cards were used by Gallaudet to track the movements and activities of former students. Merle Goodwin's card indicates that while he was a student at Gallaudet, graduating in 1937. Shortly after his graduation he worked as a printer at The…

An image of an aluminum sheet printed with the front page of the newspaper
Throughout the printing process multiple versions of the paper were produced. In order to print these pages, aluminum plates were attached to the printing press. The inked plate transferred the text and images to the paper, a process known as off-set…

A scanned image of the cover of a booklet. Text reads "Agreement between The Washington Post and Columbia Typographical Union No. 101-12, 1990-2000, Contract Effective October 1, 1990 thru September 30, 2000." The name Janie Golightly is handwritten in the upper right corner.
Through collective bargaining, the ITU members at The Washington Post obtained particular job protections. Among those engaged in bargaining on behalf of the union chapter was Deaf printer Jan DeLap, who is listed as a member of the Washington Post…

A color photograph of a fair skinned middle aged man as he stands in front of a proofing machine while holding several pages of advertisements. He wears a collared button up shirt with shorts. On the machine are more ads for proofing.
Working in Ad Control included the careful management of requests from outside clients. Advertisements were defined and outlined in a paper folder or Ad Jacket. Here, a Deaf worker copies pages from the Ad Jacket for approval from a client. Ad…
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