New York – The New York Times’ vast archive of historical photographs was threatened this weekend when a broken water pipe flooded an area known as the morgue, causing minor damage.
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The newspaper says it happened on Saturday in the lower sub-basement level of the former New York Herald Tribune building in Manhattan, next to its headquarters.
Morgue manager Jeff Roth says it’s too early to say how many photos were lost. But he says it appears about 90 percent of the affected photos will be salvageable.
The morgue also houses high-resolution micro-films of every New York Times front page and collections of photos of plays, movies and television program artworks used by the culture desk.
Appropriate that the NY Times is flooded with sludge that could destroy their archives.
Since they are now producing filth and sewage in their paper they should have their files destroyed as well.
Then the Times will cease to exist as a producer of pollution for the minds of their readers.