These drawings are three of about a dozen done by Joseph Papin depicting various operations at the Daily News Newspoint printing facility. Newspoint was in operation from 1972-1982 – an astonishingly short time. I wasn’t completely certain of what type of printing Newspoint did until I found the following section of an article by Peter Kihss (June 5, 1979, New York Times, “Engravers’ Talks With Papers Go On”):
“Altogether, the New York Lithographers and Photoengravers Union No. 1‐P has 153 members at the two newspapers, including 58 at The News’ main plant at 220 East 42d Street and 31 at The Times. At The Times, members reproduce photographs and some advertisements for cold‐type processes; at The News they make traditional magnesium plates, and at Newspoint they do four‐color work and make cylinders that weigh more than 3,000 pounds.”
All of the drawings were together in a flat file in Joe Papin’s studio, and all were “white lines on black background” photostats:
I inverted them all and added a photo of his signature as they were unsigned.
I had concluded that they were all done at Newspoint and I found some photographs in a book, The Graphics of Communication: Typography, Layout, Design, Third Edition, 1975, by Arthur T. Turnbull and Russell N. Baird. They included photos of the rotogravure printing process and the photographer credited was “David Leventhal of the News.” The comparisons are fun to see!
All photographs by David Leventhal of the News for The Graphics of Communication: Typography, Layout, Design, Third Edition, 1975; drawings by Joseph Papin drawn on-the-scene at Newspoint.
The following New York News Magazine cover by Joseph Papin (Sunday, March 24, 1974) would have been printed at Newspoint:
I tried to find information on the photographer, David Leventhal, to include in this post but have not been successful to date and would welcome any in the comments. Thanks!
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