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Printing Newspapers Across the North Country

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Offices of The Hammond Advertiser in Hammond

Before digital printing, there was the hot type press. Printing the local newspaper involved complicated metal machinery and clouds of smoke. Here are some photos of this process. For more information, check out our story on printing at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.

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Carthage Republican Tribune shop interior in Carthage
Carthage Republican Tribune shop interior in Carthage
Printing the Adirondack Daily Enterprise’s “Weekender Run” in Saranac Lake
Newspaper print shop in Gouverneur
Don Renadette running the Adirondack Daily Enterprise newspaper press in Saranac Lake
Dismantling newspaper press at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise Offices in Saranac Lake
Running a hot-type press at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise in Saranac Lake
Running a hot-type press at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise in Saranac Lake
G.M. Brownell printshop interior in Carthage
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