Frank holds his version of the Holy Grail of newspapers, one of the rarest items you can find in the printing industry: an issue of “The Transcontinental.” This was a newspaper printed on one of the first passenger trains to go from Boston to San Francisco in 1870. It was typeset in the baggage car and was printed on a Gordon platen press installed on the train. Content for the 12 editions was essentially a travelog, as the train stopped in various cities during its cross-country journey. The issue Frank has was printed at the summit of the Sierra Nevadas.
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Discussion
By Julie Shaffer on Oct 02, 2020
This is fascinating, Frank! I can imagine a Netflix series about that journey - with a liberal amount of speculation as to the adventures of both the owners of the publication and the production crew.
By Stacy Keyes on Oct 02, 2020
Really cool! I love this kind of history. Thank you for sharing.
By Dov Isaacs on Oct 04, 2020
+1
But quite “frankly” I think that Ken Burns would be much better for this than Netflix! :-)