Don Renadette mounting a metal plate on the hot type press at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise offices. Flat metal printing plates were shaped to fit over the metal rollers of the rotary press. Circa 1971-1975. Saranac Lake, NY. Donated by Susan Doolittle. Check out our story on lead printing at the Enterprise.
Old rotary newspaper press being dismantled at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise offices. 1973. Saranac Lake, NY. Donated by Susan Doolittle. (Unidentified workers.) Check out our story on lead printing at the Enterprise.
Interior shot of a newspaper print shop, men standing behind galley pages. Electric lights. Was taken circa 1914. Gouverneur, NY.
Dexter Free Press, a Chandler & Price 8 x 12 letter press, treadle operated. The newspaper closed about 1945. Circa 1915-1930. Dexter, NY.
Exterior of the printing office of local newspaper The Heuvelton BEE, which was printed from the 1870s until the 1920s. Circa 1910s. Heuvelton, NY.
Second Union Block (which burned down in 1880) featuring a clothing store, printing office, and furniture store. Circa 1875. Canton, NY.
Printing office of G.M. Brownell in the Strickland building. Circa 1900. Carthage, NY. From a Carthage Souvenir Book in the archives of the Carthage Free Library’s Heritage Room.
