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A black and white photograph of a fair skinned teenage boy operating a linotype machine. In the background, an older fair-skinned man in overalls is seated at another linotype machine.
Many Deaf residential schools included print shops as part of the campus. Large and expensive linotype machines

An image of an article with the heading Typesetter.
Articles were printed and reprinted in Deaf publications offering advice and insight on work in the field of printing. This article emphasized the specialized training required of printers and outlined the process of obtaining employment and union…

In this photograph two fair-skinned young men in aprons work next to an industrial printing press. In the background a fair-skinned man in a shirt and tie supervises.
Many Deaf residential schools included print shops as part of the campus. Large and printing machines were often a feature of these shops.

In this photograph two fair-skinned young men in aprons work next to an industrial printing press. In the background a fair-skinned man in a shirt and tie supervises.
Many Deaf residential schools included print shops as part of the campus. Large and expensive printing machines were often a feature of these shops.

A color photograph of a red brick building Victorian Gothic building. In the foreground a fair-skinned man and woman stand together.
The only institution for higher education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing students in the world.

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 pdf of The Gallaudet Guide and Deaf Mute's Companion. The traditionally printed page features a text masthead and five columns of text.

The masthead of the Silent Hoosier features the title of the publication with lithographic images of school buildings.
The Silent Hoosierwas a publication of the Indiana School for the Deaf. The masthead featured drawings of the school facilities.

A pdf of The Ohio Chronicle. The traditionally printed page features a text masthead and five columns of text.
The front page of this issue of The Ohio Chroniclefeatures an article on Deaf printers. LPFs often featured information on employment opportunities for students and alumni.

A lithographic image featuring workers engaged in various stages of printing; hand typesetting, page make up, and editing. Two printing presses are visible.
The masthead ofThe Silent Worker celebrates the work completed by printers. The image features a large printing press, the use of hand-typesetting and a California job case, two workers discussing or proofing a print, a letterpress printing press,…
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