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Alexander Alland, Sr., Photoprints
46. Two men discussing newspaper proof.
47. Typesetter selecting type from font.
48-49. "Assembling a page in type. Without the use of a linotype, individual characters must be set by hand, making this phase of printing a tedious and responsible job." Two prints from same negative, one with caption, one without.
50-51. "Rolling out a proof for correction." Two prints, one without caption.
52. Printers with type fonts.
54. "Miss Constance Chang, secretary to the publisher, like many young women of New China, is engaged in a career formerly available to men only."
55. Another portrait of Miss Chang.
56. "Mr. Chew Hong, president of the 'China Daily News,' looks over the teletyped dispatches supplied by American news agencies" [with Miss Chang].
57. Close up portrait of typesetter.
58. Publisher and another man at desks in office.
59. Two printers inspecting press.
61. "In the Business offices of Chinese newspapers, the ancient abacus, called in Chinese, 'Syan pahn,' is still used for calculation in preference to a modern adding machine."
62. Man and boy with stack of newspapers.
64. Newsboys and men (another view of above group).
65. Woman and two children reading newspaper. Signed and dated 1942 on verso.