From Lancaster to the moon : recounting the 1960's and 1970's in Lancaster, Pennsylvania through the pages of Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era, Sunday News
Includes reproductions of the front pages of Lancaster Journal (September 23, 1796), Lancaster Examiner (March 20, 1834), The Daily New Era, (April 28, 1877), Sunday News, (September 16, 1923), Intelligencer Journal, (June 24, 1942), Lancaster New Era, (August 6, 1945)
Contents
What makes a newspaper -- How is a newspaper made -- When news breaks -- Pictures dramatize the story -- Wires from all the world -- Photos by phone -- Picture on a plate -- Library is lively place -- Words become type in composing room -- Linotypes speed process -- Proof of the printing -- Making a good impression -- By truck, bus, train - and boy -- Employe[e] benefits are many -- Delivering the goods -- On the books -- Ads tell a tale of the times -- Commercial printing is separate department --Newspapers: a headline history.
2 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, 2 col. ; 61 x 64 cm. and 53 x 60 cm., folded to 32 x 13 cm.
Notes
On verso: Location map, text and ill.
Recto includes indexes: Lancaster area streets -- Major one way streets -- Areas -- Large industries -- Hospitals, public buildings, points of interest, parks and schools.
Verso includes index to towns in Lancaster County.
"Lancaster Market ... home of over 400,000 people."--Verso.
