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Printer's Devil: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 10:54am.
September 1942. Richwood, West Virginia. "Lois Thompson, printer's devil on the Nicholas Republican newspaper." Photo by John Collier, Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Just waiting to be spotted!
Submitted by Toyofield on Sun, 01/01/2023 - 12:27pm.
This is probably the last day this young woman wore a white blouse to work in a print shop. As for the job case, she better mind her p's and q's!
Unfortunate name
Submitted by JohnHoward on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 7:35pm.
This is surely the printer's angel.
California Job Case
Submitted by DonT on Thu, 12/29/2022 - 12:48pm.
The young lady is setting type from a lip front California Job Case, made by Hamilton. I first used one of these in about 1955. Still have several of them.
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