
Saguache Crescent--The Last Letterpress Newspaper (26 images)
The Sguache Crescent is a weekly newspaper in the San Juan Valley of Colorado. Its distinction is that it is the last (or one of the last) letterset newspapers in the U.S. and each character of text published is composed and produced on vintage Linotype machines, which ruled the publishing world for much of the 20th century until they were replaced by photo composed typesetting and computers. Dean Coombs, its owner and publisher, is a third generation newspaperman since his family purchased...
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Dean Coombs, third generation newspaperman and...
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Façade and entrance to the Saguache Crescent...
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Dean Coombs, third generation newspaperman and...
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Dean Coombs, third generation newspaperman,...
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Dean Coombs, third generation newspaperman,...
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Dean Coombs, third generation newspaperman,...
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Slugs of type from the Linotype machine at the...
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1920s Linotype machine at the Saguache Crescent...
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Slugs of cast type composed and cast from a...
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Linotype tools and cast slugs of type used by...
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Linotype keyboard and type matrixes used by...
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Galleys of cast type and art gathers dust at...
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Box of type matrixes by the 1921 Linotype...
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Mementos and seading spacer box used in...
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Galleys of hot-metal art ready for use by Dean...
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Typesetting metal fragments pile on the floor...
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Dean Coombs, third generation newspaperman and...
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Issue of the weekly broadsheet newspaper,...
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Dean Coombs, third generation newspaperman...
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Dean Coombs, third generation newspaperman...
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Dean Coombs, third generation newspaperman...
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Dean Coombs, third generation newspaperman...
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Dean Coombs, third generation newspaperman...
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Dean Coombs, third generation newspaperman and...