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A color photograph of two fair-skinned older men smiling widely for the picture while standing in a hallway. Both men’s hands hold up a large piece of paper with several indistinguishable illustrations. One man has a red sweatshirt with a gray t-shirt underneath it, jeans, and a baseball cap. The other man wears a plaid suit and tie, his glasses perched atop his head.
Well-known cartoonist, Herb Block (Herblock) produced editorial illustrations for The Washington Post for more than 70 years. Deaf employees like Buemi recall retrieving Block's graphics and rushing them to be printed.

A color photograph of a fair-skinned older man as he stands in a large composing room at an angled desk. He wears a jacket with a white collar, a baseball hat, and glasses. A man stands directly next to him, working on his own newspaper layout, and in the background there are several other workers doing similarly.
Prior to computerized newspaper design, paste up was integral to the printing process. In the composing room of The Washington Post, employees used cutting tools to manually lay-out the text and images of each page. Pictured here, Talmage Flanagan is…

A color photo of two fair-skinned older men in a large office room, one sitting at a desk and the other standing beside, each of them conversing with the other mid-sign. Both men wear vertical striped, collared button down shirts and glasses. The desk has a large box shaped computer and other items.
Both Moore and Sugyiama worked on graphic designs for advertisements in The Washington Post. The open floorplan of the department later changed, adding cubicles.

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 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 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.

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.

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 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 color photograph of a linotype machine standing as part of a historical exhibit. The machine is clean, with red paint and silver finishes. Behind the machine, several newspaper layouts, made from linotype blocks, are hung on the wall.
A historical display in the entrance of the newspaper building included various forms of printing technology.
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