Fort Worth Star-Telegram Newsroom

Title
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Newsroom
Institution
UTA
Link
https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/10021496
Description
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Newsroom, 1909. The caption included with the photo reads "Among the Folks in History (Feb. 1, 1926), Star-Telegram Junior. Here's a real throwback in newspaperdom. It shows the first editorial room of the Star-Telegram in 1909 just after The Star and The Telegram had merged. The man seated at the desk is none other than the original of Webster's famous cartoon 'The Man in the Brown Derby.' Closer scrutiny, however, may reveal a striking resemblance to Jimmy North. The man opposite him was not clearly so portly as the Gus Lindberg, who now bosses all mechanical departments. Then he was the slim, curly haired foreman of the composing room. On the right is Byron Utecht, city editor, looking just as serious as he does now, wondering why cruel fate made him a city editor and reporters are always late. The youngster against the back wall is George Smith, who started out then to learn the printer's trade as 'devil' but gave it up."
Date
1909-11-04
Decade
1900s
Subjects
Newspaper industry
Employees
Portrait photographs
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
North, Jimmy
Lindberg, Gus
Utecht, Byron C.
Smith, George
Source
AR406-4-4-10
Type
Still Image
Formats
Prints
Sepia
Rights
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