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

A color photograph of a tall board with dozens of small yellowed plastic tabs neatly arranged into two columns. Each tab has a smaller slip of paper with handwriting on it. The right column has an orange sticker stuck to the topmost plate labeling it “Top Priority.”
Substitute workers would show up for a shift and wait to be assigned using the slipboard.

A color photograph of a small group of people sat at a long table, each with their own large, boxed computer monitor and keyboard with a mouse. On the closest end of the table is a fair skinned middle-aged woman; next to her are two fair-skinned middle-aged men; the other end of the table sits another fair-skinned middle-aged woman. All individuals are focused on typing on the computer.
The transition to computing in printing introduced new technologies to the workspaces at The Washington Post.

A color photograph of a fair skinned middle aged woman as she sits at a desk, her hands resting on a large keyboard and staring at the computer screen of a large, box shaped computer monitor. She has short brown hair with glasses and wears a tropical print collared short sleeved shirt tucked into teal pants.
As printing technologies transitioned, Raycomp was an early instance of computing used in the printing process. Introduced in the 1990s, Raycomp allowed printers to type text and layout pages on computer screens, reducing the need for cutting and…

A color photograph of two fair skinned men between middle age and older age as they smile faintly at the camera. One man with gray hair wears an orange short sleeved collared shirt; his hands hold onto his glasses as he props himself up on the table. The other man has brown hair and a mustache; he wears a striped short sleeved collared shirt and is sat at a table. The background reveals a workspace room with many shelves for storage as well as tables.
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A color photograph of two fair skinned men between middle age and older age as they smile faintly at the camera. One man with gray hair wears an orange short sleeved collared shirt; his hands hold onto his glasses as he props himself up on the table. The other man has brown hair and a mustache; he wears a striped short sleeved collared shirt and is sat at a table. The background reveals a workspace room with many shelves for storage as well as tables.
After the page components were designed and printed, workers in the composing room would combine the text and graphics into a page layout. Advertisement pages were known to be complex and involved great attention to the details of spacing and…

A color photograph of a darker-skinned middle aged man as he sits at a composing desk, his hands resting on the sheets of paper scattered in front of him. He wears a red shirt and smiles faintly at the camera.
After the page components were designed and printed, workers in the composing room would combine the text and graphics into a page layout. Advertisement pages were known to be complex and involved great attention to the details of spacing and…

A color photograph of a fair-skinned middle aged man as he sits by a teletypewriter, his hands typing on the keyboard. He has brown hair, glasses, and a mustache, and wears a striped collared shirt tucked into pants.
The expansion of telecommunications access for Deaf people came with the introduction of tele-typewriters. These devices transmitted signals across phone lines.

A color photograph of two fair-skinned, middle or older aged men as they sit in an office space in the corner of a room. The man sitting at the desk on the right wears glasses and a plain white T-shirt, and he leans against the desk whilst smoking a cigarette. The man on the left sitting at an adjacent table wears a white, collared button down shirt and baseball cap; he also holds a cigarette.
A sign of the era, smoking was permitted in this part of the Chairman’s office. Both Deaf and hearing coworkers occupied this space on breaks.

A color photograph of a fair skinned older man as he sits at a desk; he has brown hair, a mustache and glasses and he wears a striped, collared, button down shirt tucked into jeans. His hands rest on a large keyboard linked to a large, boxed computer monitor known as Raycomp. Behind him is a stand which hosts several newspaper clippings attached to it.
As printing technologies transitioned, Raycomp was an early instance of computing used in the printing process. At The Washington Post, the transition began in the 1990s and multiple printing forms occurred simultaneously. Some Deaf printers worked…
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