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Using the printing press, 1955

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Using the printing press, 1955

These two machinists are working on a sheet-fed cylinder press at the Evening Post, Wellington, in 1955. This press would be too small and slow to print the newspaper itself, but may have been used to print a supplement, or for 'jobbing' printing for commercial customers.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1955/1283-F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Mark Derby, Newspapers – Competition and challenges, 1940–2000, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/43193/using-the-printing-press-1955 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 31 October 2013.