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A black and white photograph of the Composing Room with a row of linotype machines and operators.
Linotype operators at The Washington Post retrieved edited articles from the newsroom from racks behind their seats. After the text was keyed into the linotype machine, the slugs of lines of text were stacked into a tray known as a galley. The…

Washington_Post_March_7-14_1988_OCR.pdf
Deaf printers used the tools of the workplace to create mock newspaper pages and headlines. One Deaf printer compiled the articles published in The Washington Post over the weeklong protest and created a front page which summarized the events.

A color photograph of an older Asian man sitting at a desk table. He smiles for the picture and wears a plaid shirt tucked into jeans. On the desk is a large box-shaped computer monitor that displays a page of newspaper ads and a keyboard.
With long lists of prices and items, advertisements for local grocery stores, in this case Magruders, were labor-intensive tasks. In the 1990s, employees of the Ad Department, like Sugyiama, used computer programs to edit and layout these pages.

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Those employees who elected for early retirement accepted a "buy out".

A color photograph of a group of 11 older people standing together. One is black, the others are fair-skinned. In the front two men and two women hold up number handshapes, indicating 2015.
Former printers atThe Washington Post maintained friendships after they left. Here they gather at a restaurant in College Park, Maryland. Those pictured include: Front row: Brian Brizendine, Jan DeLap, Janie Golightly, Dean Keefe, Robin Kennedy,…

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.

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 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 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.

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