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.
xv, 219 p. : ill. (some col.), geneal. table ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
This is the family history of prominent civic leaders and industrial promoters of Lancaster. Steinman Enterprises in Lancaster have included hardware merchandising, cotton and iron manufacture, newspaper and commercial printing, radio, television and cable television.
