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A pdf of the West Virginia Tablet Vol.69, No.1. The traditionally printed page features a simple text masthead with publication and subscription information and two columns of text.

A color photograph of two fair skinned older women standing in a room, looking at each other. Both women wear outfits of all black. The woman on the left has medium length brown hair and her hands are mid-movement; the woman on the right has white-grey hair and glasses.
Shortly before the demolition of The Washington Post building, retired printers returned for a reunion. During a tour of the building, these alumni explored how the space had changed since they retired. At these and similar events, an ASL interpreter…

A photo of an ID card. The card features the image of a fair-skinned man wearing glasses and a collared shirt. Text reads The Washington Post, Harvey C. Goodstein, Employee and Social Security Number, Composing Department. Two signatures are visible. A black box obscures the social security number.
A printer was admitted to work at The Washington Postafter they successfully completed the dupe. Many employees worked as subs, taking shifts in print shops at will. At the Post, workers showed their ID card to the security officer when entering the…

A scanned image of a laminated flyer. The page is divided in four sections, each with a black and white photograph labeled with an American Sign Language handshape font. The first image is an exterior photo of The Washington Post, labeled "Washington Post," next a photograph of a linotype machine labeled "Display Linotype", next, linotype machines and workers, labeled "Post Linotypes" and employees seated in rows of small cubicles, labeled "TTS Keyboarding".
This flyer highlighted Deaf printers at work, giving descriptions of their workspaces in both ASL and English. The depiction of the American Sign alphabet and numbers encourages discourse between signing and non-signing employees at The Post.

A color photograph of two older men as they link arms around each other and pose for the photo. The man on the right is darker skinned and wears glasses and a brown button down collared shirt. The man on the left is fair skinned and wears a collared button down shirt with a suit jacket and pants. Both are smiling widely.
Many Deaf alumni of The Washington Post recalled that Don Graham took interest in printers, greeting them at work and other events.

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,…

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 pdf of The Rocky Mountain Leader Vol.1, No.2. The traditionally printed page features a simple text masthead and three columns of text.

A pdf of the cover of The Ohio Chronicle Vol.27, No.1. The traditionally printed page features a simple text masthead and five columns of text.

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.
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