Arrowsmith Printing: Entreprenuership in Small Town Iowa in Mid /Century

Marjorie Byrd was the middle of five children. Her father worked for the railroad, which meant that during the depression, while she only had 1 skirt and two blouses for 4 years of high school, there was food on the table every day for everyone.

It also meant that they moved a lot and she was shy. She was 'woman athlete of the year' in one high school playing basketball, track and doubles volleyball. But she was shy and typically prudish for the day.

But when she spotted a grocery clerk who had all the good looks of a Hollywood star, making orange juice at the July 4, fireworks, she did something very out of character. She went up and said, "Too bad you don't squeeze anything besides oranges"

Good thing she did because he was shyer than she and although he had his eye on her, he would have never asked her out.

They were married 6 months later. She waited five long years for Micheal, then went to New Mexico with her husband during the war. It took seven more years to get Margo. Then she and her prince settled down in a nice house in Council Bluffs.

But her man wanted his own newspaper and when they found one they could afford and a banker who liked them, she picked up stakes with him and moved into a life of long hours, but satisfying work. She loved being a housewife, but considered herself Fritz's partner in all things.

She was a very creative woman who wrote columns and was the social secretary for much of the town of Solon, Iowa. She also made the dress you see in the pictures, with a daughter dress for Margo.

Good thing, however, that she and Fritz shared the housework, very unusual for the 1950's!
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Marjorie Byrd was the middle of five children. Her father worked for the railroad, which meant that during the depression, while she only had 1 skirt and two blouses for 4 years of high school, there was food on the table every day for everyone. It also meant that they moved a lot and she was shy. She was 'woman athlete of the year' in one high school playing basketball, track and doubles volleyball. But she was shy and typically prudish for the day. But when she spotted a grocery clerk who had all the good looks of a Hollywood star, making orange juice at the July 4, fireworks, she did something very out of character. She went up and said, "Too bad you don't squeeze anything besides oranges" Good thing she did because he was shyer than she and although he had his eye on her, he would have never asked her out. They were married 6 months later. She waited five long years for Micheal, then went to New Mexico with her husband during the war. It took seven more years to get Margo. Then she and her prince settled down in a nice house in Council Bluffs. But her man wanted his own newspaper and when they found one they could afford and a banker who liked them, she picked up stakes with him and moved into a life of long hours, but satisfying work. She loved being a housewife, but considered herself Fritz's partner in all things. She was a very creative woman who wrote columns and was the social secretary for much of the town of Solon, Iowa. She also made the dress you see in the pictures, with a daughter dress for Margo. Good thing, however, that she and Fritz shared the housework, very unusual for the 1950's!

Thanks to Mike Amidon for sending me this picture.

Here we see 'the galleys'. This is what came out of the linotype. The lead 'pigs' went into the linotype, where the operator would type in the stories. Each line had a separate piece of type. After proofreading, any mistake would be retyped and then replaced in the 'galleys' as you see them here.

And they did this each and every week. Big city papers did it several times a day.