Gallery: The Herald-Dispatch in the 1950s

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Huntington Advertiser newspaper salesman on 4th Avenue in 1959. Richard McCoy writes, "It's hard to believe, but 'newsboys' made a meager living by picking up an armload of newspaper at HUPCO and sold them on the street in Huntington for 5 cents, returning for more when they sold out. They were not on a delivery a route, but independent businessmen, who walked business to business inviting everyone to get the latest news. ... One 'newsboys' that I recall coming into the Arcade Barber Shop was named Elmer. Elmer walked in a shuffling manner and always had a tobacco pipe in his mouth. Elmer was a downtown Huntington icon."

Courtesy of Roberta Fay Lovejoy

Women tabulate election votes into posting machine in this undated photo. Front row: Maxine Kees (Moore), Sallye Adkins (Burcham), Earlene Nelson. Second Row: Helena Jo Webb (Glancy), Fay Hall (Lovejoy). Third row: Frances Pancake, Marlene Morris (Dillon), Lillian Nottingham, and an unidentified woman.

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An artist works on a poster at The Herald-Dispatch in 1950.

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Dave Gideon, president of Huntington Publishing Co. from 1936 until his death in 1950.

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The Herald-Dispatch, 1950

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A reporter files a story at The Herald-Dispatch in 1950.

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1950, The Herald-Dispatch

Courtesy of Kay Patton Tardy

This photo was taken at the newspaper in 1952. Those included in the photo are Wanday Niday Moore, classified ads; Mary Lou Eversole Wilson, secretary display ads; Betty Chitwood, outside display ads; Catherine Bliss Enslow, social reporter; Vera Melton, secretary to Longs; Janet Hatch, Kay Patton Tardy, classified ads; Louise Frye, classified ads; Mrs. Spears, circulation department. The photo includes other employees from various departments including accounting, circulation and outside display ads.

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Kay Patton Tardy worked in the classified ads department of the newspaper in 1952.

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The Herald-Dispatch buliding is seen in this 1954 file photo.

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Political cartoonist Ivin Dugan is seen in this 1954 file photo. Dugan joined the Huntington Publishing Company as a staff artist in 1927. His work appearing mainly in the Huntington Advertiser and the Sunday combined edition, The Herald Advertiser. His alter-ego in the cartoons was ÒAdam Goodfellow,Ó who was easily recognizable by his glasses, corn-cob pipe and flowing white mustache. He retired from the Huntington Publishing Company in 1957.

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Clyde Holley, Rush Lafon, James Lafon, Paul Mann and Robert Null sort and bundle papers in 1954.

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Colonel J.H. Long and general manager Paul Walker Long are pictured with several staff members in this 1954 photo.

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Col. Joseph Havey Long Ñ the dean of West Virginia newspapermen for six decades Ñ was photographed in 1955 on his 92nd birthday. Long purchased The Advertiser in 1895 and served as its publisher almost continuously until his death in December 1958. He began his career as a printer and was responsible for many of the printing innovations introduced to The Advertiser's pressroom during last century's first 50 years.

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An employee works with a hi-speed etcher, used to create plates, in this May 11, 1956, file photo.

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This aerial shot shows the back view of the Huntington Publishing Company building with the area marked for expansion in this 1956 photo.

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This 1956 photo shows the back view of the Huntington Publishing Company building with the area marked for expansion.

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This photo shows the Huntington Publishing Co. buliding during its expanion in 1956 to accommodate a larger press.

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This photo shows the back of the Huntington Publishing Company building. The addition to the newspaper building made room for a new press in 1957.

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In this image from March 8, 1956, a draft model of The Herald-Dispatch's press shown. The same press is currently used today.

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The Hupco annual "Long-ago era" dinner took place at Woodland on May 6, 1957.

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The press is shown during operation in this 1957 photo.

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A pressman is shown rolling the front page of a newspaper off the old press in this 1957 photo.

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A strapping machine is used to bundle newspapers in the distribution department in this June 19, 1958, file photo.

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A strapping machine is used to bundle newspapers in the distribution department in this June 19, 1958, file photo.

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A photofax is shown in this 1958 photo.

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The new printing press is brought into the buliding in this 1958 photo.

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A photo prints from an Associated Press Photofax machine in this Feb. 5, 1958, file photo.

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The new press is brought into the buliding for assembly in this 1958 photo.

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The new press is assembled in this 1958 photo.

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The new press is shown making one of its first runs in this 1958 photo.

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Pressmen examine a copy of the newspaper in this 1958 photo.

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The Herald-Dispatch building, located at 946 5th Ave., is pictured in this May 20, 1959, file photo.

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A young man works in the printshop in this 1959 photo.

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Herald-Dispatch sports editor Ernie Salvatore in 1959.

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Dave Gideon, president of Huntington Publishing Co. from 1936 until his death in 1950.

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Dave Gideon, president of Huntington Publishing Co. from 1936 until his death in 1950.