Old-time Presses In A Modern World

At Genesee Country, in Rochester, N.Y., a slightly more modern press from 1853 is no easier to operate.

"You really can't appreciate everything you do now if you don't know how it used to be done," notes Doug Poole, who ran the print shop at Genesee Country for 20 years and is now program registrar. "When it's 90 degrees, humid, with a lot of visitors and you might be cranking out 300 to 400 pages a day by hand—that's a lot of physical effort."