Star Tribune Facility: Plate Making Equipment, Minneapolis

This image shows "PLATE MAKING" stenciled in yellow on a blue metal surface within the Star Tribune's Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis. This facility was responsible for printing multiple newspapers, including the Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, USA Today, and The Washington Post. The plate-making process was a critical step in the newspaper printing workflow, where the images and text for each page were transferred onto metal plates that would then be used on the printing presses. The presence of this equipment highlights the industrial and technological aspects of large-scale newspaper production.