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The Willimantic Chronicle in 1961

This set details production of a 10,000-circulation daily newspaper in Connecticut on Friday, March 17, 1961. I found these slides among those of my father, the paper's general manager. The Chronicle has been owned by my family since 1877. I'm the fifth generation and the sixth is already working there.

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items are from between 17 Mar 1961 & 23 Jan 2007.

The Willimantic Chronicle in 1961 by Vin Crosbie

Rolls of newsprint roll off the freight train by Vin Crosbie

Putting together columns of letterpress type by Vin Crosbie

Typing a headline into an Intertype machine by Vin Crosbie

Routing the 'Dead Metal' from Type by Vin Crosbie

Inserting a 'Stick' with Ludlow Matrices by Vin Crosbie

Finding special characters of various sizes by Vin Crosbie

A Rouse Vertical Mitre Saw Cuts a Space or a Rule by Vin Crosbie

Trimming Dies on a Hammond Composing Room Saw by Vin Crosbie

Producing pages of letterpress type by Vin Crosbie

Setting Advertisements into Letterpress Type by Vin Crosbie

Setting pages of letterpress type by Vin Crosbie

Intertype Slugs Being Proofed by Vin Crosbie

The Elrod Strip Material Caster by Vin Crosbie

Paperpunch type pours out of a wire service tape punch by Vin Crosbie

Paperpunch tapes of wire service stories by Vin Crosbie

Feeding story tapes into a Intertype machine by Vin Crosbie

Proofing an advertisement by Vin Crosbie

Converting a story into paperpunch type by Vin Crosbie

Converting a photo into gravure by Vin Crosbie

The Lifestyle editor meets with the Girl Scouts' representative by Vin Crosbie

A reporter works the phone by Vin Crosbie

The wire service teletype machines by Vin Crosbie

The editor and a Reporter by Vin Crosbie

Marking Advertisement Copy Prior to Typesetting by Vin Crosbie

The Advertising department by Vin Crosbie

Office Manager Irene Brassill by Vin Crosbie

I've forgotten Irene's last name by Vin Crosbie

The receptionist works the phone by Vin Crosbie

Reinforcing a Mat prior to Casting by Vin Crosbie

Removing a Mat after Casting a Press Plate by Vin Crosbie

Taking Finished Copies off the Press by Vin Crosbie

The Finished Product Comes Off the Press by Vin Crosbie

The Newspaper on the Press by Vin Crosbie

The Paperboys Receive Copies for Delivery by Vin Crosbie

Archiving Copies in the Pre-Digital Era by Vin Crosbie

In the Advertising Office by Vin Crosbie

Newsprint in the Goss Letterpress by Vin Crosbie

Rolls of Newsprint on the Goss Letterpress by Vin Crosbie

Pressman Inserting a Letterpress Plate into the Press by Vin Crosbie

Creating a Press Cylinder by Vin Crosbie

A Lead Press Plate Immediately After Casting by Vin Crosbie

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