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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Here's how it was done in 1978




Here's how it was done in March, 1978

Charles Buffum pounding out a story on an IBM Selectric a few years go.

He now lives a life of ease in New York City.

Click on the photo for a better view.

6 comments:

  1. A few years ago is 31

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  2. Larry F.5:20 PM

    Sure looks like Buff was a one-man newsroom. Either that or everyone else was at the Elbow Inn. :-)

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  3. stuart warner6:24 PM

    did he have the same barber that paynter used?

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  4. Anonymous11:30 PM

    FYI...The Beacon newsroom looks eerily similar/vacant today.

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  5. tom moore1:22 PM

    hey, those were days when journalism was journalism...not a cheap knockoff!!

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  6. Don Roese1:04 PM

    What is that thing Buff is inputting on? It has no screen. Must ba a old timey thing ... back too when cameras used film.

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