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A photograph of a newspaper front page. Main page text reads, "Dorothy C. Havens Retires; Post Printer for 27 Years Plans European Tour; Will Live in Florida, story on page C1, Best Wishes Dorothy, March 23, 1973."
Printers at thePost often used the tools of their workspace to create their own newspaper pages. Here, one printer has substituted components from the front page and inserted a fake news story which celebrates the retirement of Dorothy Havens, the…

An image of the front cover ofThe Silent Worker which features a border of lithographic drawings of the American Sign Language Alphabet. At center a handshape emerges from clouds and small figures dressed in grecian robes dance around it. Text at the bottom of the page reads "Dactylology, March 1926 vol 39 no 6."
The Silent Worker was a monthly paper published at the New Jersey School for the Deaf from 1888-1929. The paper had national and international correspondants reporting on Deaf life around the world.

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…

A color photograph of older fair-skinned people standing and sitting, looking at the camera. The names of the individuals is appended to the image and text at the bottom reads. "2013 Deaf Seniors of America in Baltimore, Maryland"
Printers at large scale Deaf events often reconnected with one another in mini-reunions, as they did at the Deaf Seniors of America Conference in Baltimore, Maryland in 2013.

A color photograph of a group of 22 older fair-skinned people. There is one woman and the rest are men. Text has been appended to the image identifying the names of each figure. Text at the bottom reads, "I.T.U. - June 2009".
At regional Deaf events, former ITU members gathered in a mini-reunion. In 2009 at the Western States Deaf Campers event in Estes Park, Colorado, a group of printers gathered for a photograph.

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A pdf of California News Vol. 124 No. 1. The digital printed page features full-color images of students, with two columns of text. The masthead features text over an orange and yellow sunburst effect.
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