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Old 09-18-2020, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by commishbob View Post
Yup, a photoengraving plate, usually made with copper or zinc. Saw lots of these when I worked at the now-defunct Houston Post in the 70s and early 80s. Made through a painstaking process that had been streamlined quite a bit by the time I was working there. It was still fascinating to watch the whole process of the pages being laid out.
Yep, that's it. Pretty cool.

It's a pretty rough screen, so I'm thinking it's from something like a local program or newspaper, something that didn't have super high production values. (Newspapers are difficult, some were done this way, some with rubber "plates" - some are screened roughly like this, others have excellent quality photos. It's most likely a technology vs budget sort of thing.
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