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Boston Printing Department
By Stevil
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 11:29am
circa the end of Menino's tenure - 2010?
(incredibly they were still in operation as a jobs program until shortly after the financial crisis)
In all seriousness - looks like a trade school - was it the Bennett that used to be in the North End (which was near the city's printing facility?). I'll go with that and based on clothes I'll say 1930ish originally thought later - but I think I'm seeing some knickers there..
North Bennett Street Trade School
By Ron
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 12:45pm
is still there
Printing Plant.
By Colin.
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 12:55pm
So I think you have this right. This is the old City of Boston printing plant which was still in operation in 2010 but had all its stuff auctioned off in early 2011.
It's now used as part of the North Bennet street school that moved into that building and the old police station next door.
Ceiling
By capecoddah
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 11:31am
The panslab ceiling is usually a 1950s thing.
My guesses:
1) Hyde Park High
2) East Boston High
3) South Boston High
Bizarro Vocational High
By Rob
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 11:33am
Bizarro Vocational High School, where things are printed backwards.
Bizarro
By anon
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 12:55pm
That would be if the things used for printing were readable.
Um ... you do realize
By anon
Fri, 09/15/2017 - 9:30am
Um ... you do realize printing plates have to be mirror images, right ?
One clue
By anon
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 11:56am
That appears to be Hebrew on those signs.
Not Hebrew
By Ron Newman
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 12:30pm
Just backwards (mirror-image) English. Put the photo in Preview and select "Flip Horizontal".
LOL
By anon
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 1:08pm
Thanks! It looked kinda Hebrew to me.
Cyrillic
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 8:02pm
My odd brain initially interpreted it as cyrillic, but then I quickly realized that it was a negative.
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By lKK
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 12:01pm
Martin Milmore School
Dad's Alma Mater
By Suldog
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 12:48pm
Since I don't have a better guess, I'll go with the High School of Commerce (became Boston English), where My Dad went to school.
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they
By geep9
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 12:48pm
are working on their book reports
Don Bosco Technical School
By Kaz
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 1:12pm
Rockland Street, JP...around 1955
THE CIELING
By SFPD12
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 1:17pm
IS similar to the old armory building on com ave.
much earlier than 1955.
but I like the don bosco guess
Boston Trade High School for Boys
By FPEB
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 1:24pm
In Roxbury.
Graphic Arts Union Local 5247
By theszak
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 2:24pm
5247 in the back in the center of the photo might be
Graphic Arts Union Local 5247.
Neck trouble
By Dave
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 2:56pm
I keep hearing about a recent affliction called "Smartphone Neck" or "Text Neck". Was "Typesetters Neck" a thing back in those days?
So that's what
By noahproblem
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 8:08pm
...the Globe's new printing press room looks like...
The Art Deco Typefaces
By Oscar Worthy
Wed, 09/13/2017 - 10:40pm
Would indicate probably the 1930's. And despite what the background sign says, they don't appear to be doing anything really specific to printing. There's no press equipment or letter blocks in the pic. So they may also be sign making. (The voc school theory is a good one.)
The Answer
By Boston City Archives
Thu, 09/14/2017 - 10:36am
Thanks for playing folks!
This is an Interior Design class at the Washington Irving School in the 1936-1937 school year. The photo is tricky, because it was taken in the same room that was used for the Printing Class - but as you can see, they're drawing, not setting type.
We don't think the photo is backwards, we think that instead we're looking at type (which is backwards)
At least 4 of the students appear to be left-handed
By Oscar Worthy
Thu, 09/14/2017 - 3:33pm
Not impossible. But maybe the photo is backwards . .
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