[GreenKeys] New York Times Wire Room - 1942

[Duncan Brown]

I didn't notice that.
I guess I was just looking at all the equipment!

Duncan
K2OEQ

On 16-Nov-23 19:49, Nick England wrote:
> I love the way the way that PR people pose photos. How often do you 
> think someone would be pulling copy from behind the printer?
>
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 5:47 PM Duncan Brown 
> <duncanancy at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>     From the 1940s into the 1980s  almost all text messaging went via
>     mechanical teletypewriters.  Newspapers were early adopters of the
>     teletypewriter, starting about 1920, to receive news items from
>     multiple sources for their newspapers.
>
>     The enclosed picture shows the New York Times "Wire Room" in 1942,
>     where news items were received from multiple sources for their
>     paper. Model 15s in the foreground and Model 12s in the
>     background.  Accompanying text with the picture says:
>
>
>         "September 3, 1942. "New York, New York. Wire room of the New
>         York Times newspaper. Copy boy about to tear off dispatch from
>         the Associated Press wire." Medium format acetate negative by
>         Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information."
>
>
>     Have fun,
>
>     Duncan
>     K2OEQ
>
>
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