In Pictures: The Saguache Crescent, America's last Linotype newspaper

The Saguache Crescent, a Colorado newspaper, is the last newspaper in the United States that is printed using a vintage Linotype hot metal typesetting machine. The paper is published once a week by owner and editor Dean Coombs.

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Jan 21, 2016, 12:15 PM

Saguache Crescent owner and editor Dean Coombs uses a mallet to even out a plate of metal type text before printing the Saguache Crescent newspaper.
PHOTO: AFP

A freshly printed copy of the Saguache Crescent sits on a table. PHOTO: AFP

Saguache Crescent owner and editor Dean Coombs lays out blocks of metal type slugs that were created using a vintage hot metal Linotype typesetting machine. PHOTO: AFP

Saguache Crescent owner and editor Dean Coombs lays out blocks of metal type slugs that were created using a vintage hot metal Linotype typesetting machine. PHOTO: AFP

Saguache Crescent owner and editor Dean Coombs inspects a freshly printed copy of the Saguache Crescent. PHOTO: AFP

A view of the Saguache Crescent newspaper on Jan 18, 2016 in Saguache, Colorado. PHOTO: AFP

Metal type slugs that were created using a Linotype hot metal typesetting maching sit on a shelf inside the offices of the Saguache Crescent newspaper. PHOTO: AFP

Saguache Crescent owner and editor Dean Coombs printing copies of the Saguache Crescent newspaper. PHOTO: AFP

Saguache Crescent owner and editor Dean Coombs enters text into a vintage hot metal Linotype typesetting machine. PHOTO: AFP

Saguache Crescent owner and editor Dean Coombs proofreads text created using metal type slugs from a vintage hot metal Linotype typesetting machine. PHOTO: AFP

Metal type slugs that were created using a Linotype hot metal typesetting maching sit on a shelf inside the offices of the Saguache Crescent newspaper. PHOTO: AFP

Blocks of metal type slugs that were created using a vintage hot metal Linotype typesetting machine sit on a table. PHOTO: AFP

Saguache Crescent owner and editor Dean Coombs enters text into a vintage hot metal Linotype typesetting machine. PHOTO: AFP

Saguache Crescent owner and editor Dean Coombs enters text into a vintage hot metal Linotype typesetting machine. PHOTO: AFP

Saguache Crescent owner and editor Dean Coombs lays out blocks of metal type slugs that were created using a vintage hot metal Linotype typesetting machine. PHOTO: AFP

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