[GreenKeys] New York Times Wire Room - 1942

[Nick England]

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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