{"id":44899,"date":"2023-05-11T09:37:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T08:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=44899"},"modified":"2023-05-11T09:43:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T08:43:14","slug":"rochester-ny-newspapers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/rochester-ny-newspapers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rochester, NY Newspapers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to Bill Westland for sending in these great photographs. They were taken at the Rochester Times-Union and Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspapers before computerisation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch1.jpg\" alt=\"Linotype operator wearing shirt and tie\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A well-dressed Linotype operator<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch2.jpg\" alt=\"Bank of Linotypes, with a female operator in the background\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Bank of Linotypes, with a female operator in the background<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch3.jpg\" alt=\"Another well-dressed operator with visor and cigar\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Another well-dressed operator with visor and cigar<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch4.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of copy and keyboard\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Close-up of copy and keyboard<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch5.jpg\" alt=\"Operator having a smoke\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Operator having a smoke<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch6.jpg\" alt=\"A bank of linecasters\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A bank of linecasters<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch7.jpg\" alt=\"Between editions\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Between editions<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch8.jpg\" alt=\"Between editions\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em>Linecaster with guards<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch10.jpg\" alt=\"A quiet corner\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A quiet corner<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch11.jpg\" alt=\"Democrat and Chronicle article with a photo of Bill himself!\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Democrat and Chronicle article with a photo of Bill himself!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch12.jpg\" alt=\"Women Linotype operators and a proofreader\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Women Linotype operators and a proofreader<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch13.jpg\" alt=\"A Ludlow Typograph\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A Ludlow Typograph<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch14.jpg\" alt=\"More Ludlow action\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>More Ludlow action<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch15.jpg\" alt=\"Ad makeup. My father at left.\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Ad makeup. My father at left.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch16.jpg\" alt=\"Page make-up\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Page make-up<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch17.jpg\" alt=\"First computer system to convert \" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>First computer system to convert &#8220;idiot&#8221; TTS tape into justified tape for Linotype Electrons<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch18.jpg\" alt=\"A Linotype Elektron\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A Linotype Elektron<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch19.jpg\" alt=\"Elrod material caster\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Elrod material caster<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch20.jpg\" alt=\"Stereotype \" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Stereotype &#8220;mat roller&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch21.jpg\" alt=\"Hand type cabinet\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Hand type cabinet<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch22.jpg\" alt=\"Tools I took home: Page chase, pica gauge, type stick, chase crank, Xacto knife, chicken pluckers and makeup tools\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Tools I took home: Page chase, pica gauge, type stick, chase crank, Xacto knife, chicken pluckers and makeup tools<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch23.jpg\" alt=\"Slug cutter\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Slug cutter<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch24.jpg\" alt=\"Various galleys\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Various galleys<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch25.jpg\" alt=\"Page chase\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Page chase<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch26.jpg\" alt=\"Pages from a Font book used for character count for ad markup\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Pages from a Font book used for character count for ad markup<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch27.jpg\" alt=\"Pages from a Font book used for character count for ad markup\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to Bill Westland for sending in these great photographs. They were taken at the Rochester Times-Union and Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspapers before computerisation. A well-dressed Linotype operator Bank of Linotypes, with a female operator in the background Another well-dressed operator with visor and cigar Close-up of copy and keyboard Operator having a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/rochester-ny-newspapers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rochester, NY Newspapers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15,9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44899","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-composition","category-newspaper","category-usacanada","category-wkplace"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rochester, NY Newspapers - Metal Type<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Photos taken in the composing rooms of the Rochester Times-Union and Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspapers before computerisation\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/rochester-ny-newspapers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rochester, NY Newspapers - Metal Type\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Photos taken in the composing rooms of the Rochester Times-Union and Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspapers before computerisation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/rochester-ny-newspapers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Metal Type\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-11T08:43:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/roch1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MTPrinting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/rochester-ny-newspapers\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/rochester-ny-newspapers\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rochester, NY Newspapers - Metal Type\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/rochester-ny-newspapers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/rochester-ny-newspapers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/photos\\\/images\\\/roch1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-11T08:37:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-11T08:43:14+00:00\",\"description\":\"Photos taken in the composing rooms of the Rochester Times-Union and Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspapers before computerisation\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/rochester-ny-newspapers\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/rochester-ny-newspapers\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/rochester-ny-newspapers\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/photos\\\/images\\\/roch1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/photos\\\/images\\\/roch1.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/rochester-ny-newspapers\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rochester, NY Newspapers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Metal Type\",\"description\":\"Yesterday\u2019s Technology . . . 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