Tag: Daily News
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Joseph Papin and “Undiscovered Manhattan” by Hope Cooke – The Dakota
One of the buildings that Joseph Papin drew for a column called “Undiscovered Manhattan” was the Dakota. Although the following article by Hope Cooke that ran with the drawing does not mention it, the Dakota was the residence of John Lennon of the Beatles and his wife, Yoko Ono, and the place where John Lennon…
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Joseph Papin – John Gotti et al 1986 trial
This drawing by Joseph Papin is an interesting one – it reads, “Attorneys protest press coverage with clippings and front pages.” The people pictured are Judge Eugene H. Nickerson, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn Federal Court; from left to right, Richard Rehbock, attorney for defendant Wilfred Johnson; Barry Slotnick, one…
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Happy Holidays from the pen of Joseph Papin
This drawing by Joseph Papin appeared in the December 24, 1978 issue of the Daily News illustrating an article by Dick Ryan. The date of Christmas and Hanukkah corresponded this year – Hanukkah beginning on the evening of December 25, 2024. Views: 279
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Joseph Papin – Chelsea in NYC – 40 years ago
Karen Green is the Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University Libraries who coordinated the Papin family donation of Joseph Papin’s extensive collection of NYC drawings and papers to Columbia. She recently took some lovely photographs in Chelsea and I was reminded of some of Joe Papin’s drawings of Chelsea that ran in the…
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Joseph Papin – Richard Nixon drawings
Joseph Papin drawings, “Report Card for Richard Nixon” (National Review, June 3, 1969). The drawing above is another Papin drawing from the same article, “Report Card for Richard Nixon” (National Review, June 3, 1969). It’s interesting that this drawing was done in 1969 – a little more than five years before Nixon resigned. In light…
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Joseph Papin at the Mitchell-Stans Trial 1974
The caption for the drawing below reads: “Mitchell-Stans trial, 1974” and at the bottom, “Joseph Papin, F. Donald Nixon testifying at the conspiracy trial of John Mitchell and Maurice Stans.” It is one of Joseph Papin’s “overhead drawings” that he drew as if he had an overhead vantage place which he did not – he…
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Joseph Papin – Memorial Day remembrance and drawings of Vietnam
The following drawing by Joseph Papin was printed in the May 29, 1977 edition of the Daily News for Memorial Day, illustrating a story by Walter Kaner, We Mourn in Peace, Thanks to Fallen Soldiers. I believe that the following drawings by Joseph Papin may have been done as sketches for David Halberstam’s article, Return…
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Courtroom Art: An Interview with Joseph Papin, New York and Company, 1987 (Part 2)
(Second half of interview of Joseph Papin [JP] by Leonard Lopate [LL], Aired December 14, 1987) LL: “We’re talking with Joe Papin who is more than just a courtroom artist—we’ve introduced you as a courtroom artist—but you have illustrated Washington and UN scenes; military and international affairs; medical, financial, sports and industrial events. Your work…
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Courtroom Art: An Interview with Joseph Papin, New York and Company, 1987 (Part 1)
Interview by Leonard Lopate, New York and Company, Aired on December 14, 1987 (Transcribed and illustrated using Joseph Papin’s work, J Papin, 2021) Joseph Papin, F. Donald Nixon testifying at the conspiracy trial of John Mitchell and Maurice Stans, 1974Joseph Papin’s drawing of the Mitchell Stans trial (reproduced above and drawn from his seat at…
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Recent Connections – Joseph Papin’s Coverage of the Pizza Connection Trial
A cousin recently sent me some things that Joseph Papin had given to one of his brothers. One was a publication I had not seen before – the U.S. Federal Marshals Service journal, The Pentacle. It included a drawing Joe Papin had done of the Pizza Connection trial; another was a copy of a cartoon…
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Joseph Papin at the Wedtech Trial – NY Daily News and the Riverdale Press
Joseph Papin covered the Wedtech Trial for both the Daily News and the Riverdale Press. His drawing of the courtroom below is one of the ones that he drew from an overhead perspective while sitting at ground level: Daily News: August 5, 1988 “The Defendants Listen as jury forewoman reads the verdicts.” Joe Papin’s political…
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Joe Papin – Drawing Caricatures at OSU and Daily News Events
Joe Papin started as an artist working his way through Ohio State University. One of the ways that he supported himself was by drawing caricatures, once using his talents to pay for a trip to Florida. LANTERNPublished by the Ohio State University School of JournalismColumbus, Ohio, Tuesday, January 25, 1955 Papin Caricatures Gain Popularity “Pardonne-moi,…
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Joseph Papin: Southern District of NY Federal Courthouse
Joseph Papin, Southern District of New York Thurgood Marshall United States Federal Courthouse Note that the Southern District Court now meets in both the Southern District of New York Thurgood Marshall United States Federal Courthouse and the new Daniel Patrick Moynihan Southern District of New York Federal Courthouse (built in 1993). “On November 3, 1789,…
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Joseph Papin – Photostats
Joseph Papin had a quite a few photostats of his drawings. He often had both a “white lines on black background” version of the drawing, as well as the more familiar “black lines on white background” version. These photostats are of his earlier work from 1957 through the 1960s, with at least a couple in…
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Linotype and Ludlow – Casting Lead Type
I found an interesting chart that differentiates the different types of metal compositions using lead in producing type for printing: “While often referred to as ‘lead type,’ type is, in fact, a variable alloy of 54-86% lead, 11-28% antimony and 3-18% tin. Antimony hardens the metal. Tin toughens the metal, counteracting the brittleness of antimony,…
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Joseph Papin Daily News Zinc Printing Plates
The last post showed photoengraved zinc printing plates mounted on wood. They were from 1967 and were printed as relief (also known as letterpress) prints, i.e., the words and lines of the drawing are higher than the plate itself. Some of the plates were also unmounted zinc plates, and later, magnesium printing plates: For example,…
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The Process of Producing Photoengraved Printing Plates
Joe Papin, April 7, 1980, New York Daily News In order to explain the printing plates, I have researched the process and history of printing from the late 1950s to the early 1990s, a time period of enormous change. Just as the specter of cameras in the courtroom informs the story of courtroom art, the…
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Joseph Papin Printing Plates
The 50s to the 90s were marked by a revolution in printing – from “hot type” using molten lead and photoengraving to “cold type” using computers. I found a box of printing plates of some of my father’s drawings in his studio and was intrigued with learning how they were used. The printing plate below…
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The South Street Seaport and Schermerhorn Row
One of Joseph Papin’s drawings that was a part the photo gallery that we sent to the Library of Congress in the summer of 2015 was this drawing of Schermerhorn Row. I found where it had appeared in the Daily News as a part of the “Undiscovered Manhattan” series by Hope Cooke. I didn’t recognize…
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Daily News Newspoint Rotogravure Printing
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…
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Drawing cartoons of one another – Joe Papin and Jerry Schlamp
Jerry Schlamp was one of the artists located in Editorial Art on the 7th floor of the Daily News building. Jerry was known for his cartoons which ranged from being gently playful to wickedly funny to drawings that were described as “way over the top.” I have not seen the “way over the top” drawings…