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Some crawling, some eating Cheerios
in the high chair.
Wednesday, 1-Jun-2005. |
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| Happy girl
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That bib
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| Picking
out Cheerios |
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Very cute girl in her high chair.
Thursday, 2-Jun-2005. |
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cutie! |
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Where Lucy
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We visited Dakota Village--a
recreation of a turn-of-the-century small village, on the grounds of the
Dakota County Fair. Uncle Mike Sexton (Sean's uncle) has gotten
involved in working with the folks at Dakota Village and, more specifically,
working at the old print shop that they have. Since all the Sexton
brothers (Jerry, John, Tom, Jim, Mike) worked in their Dad's print shop at
some point in time, Mike invited the other brothers to come out and restore
some of the equipment, as well as work at the fair when the Village was
open. There are a number of now-antique printing presses that all of
the Sexton boys are quite familiar with, having spent many hours running
presses exactly like this in their youth. John spent quite a bit of
time fixing up the old linotype machine (invented by Otto Mergenthaler in
1886--article #1,
article #2).
John is actually a licensed linotype repairman, and he and a friend
completely tore down the village's antique linotype and rebuilt it.
(Giving a bit of a fright to the curator at the Village, I'm sure).
In this set of photos, we visit the Village on an
afternoon that it's not open to the public, but 4 of the 5 Sexton brothers
are out at the site, setting up the presses for an upcoming open house.
It's a bit rare to get four of the brothers together in one place, with the
added bonus that the location is an old print shop.
Lucy very much enjoyed meeting Grandpa out at the
Village, though I suspect that now she thinks that this is Grandpa's
full-time day job. ;o)
Friday, 3-Jun-2005. |
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| We arrive
at the fairgrounds |
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Joana &
Lucy |
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| The
General Store |
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Uncle Tom
chats with Lucy |
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| John |
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John and
his brother Jim |
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| The old
linotype machine that John and his friend Jim Struck rebuilt and got
running. It works by casting molten lead into a full line of
characters, which could then be used in old letterpresses, rather than
individual hand-set type. A big time-saver! |
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John & Jim
talk about how they'll use a little proof press |
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| John
checks the belt tension on one of the old letterpresses. In his youth,
John (and the other brothers) spent many hours at Sexton Printing working on
presses exactly like this one. |
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The
foreman calls for some assistance |
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| Four of
the five Sexton brothers. (L to R) Mike, John, Jim, Tom |
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Sexton
brothers |
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| John
searches for some type |
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John,
hand-setting type. John started his own business in the 1970s, as a
typesetter. By that time, "typesetting" was all done on computers.
But the term comes from the days when typesetters would set up type by hand,
character by character, then locking the type into a "chase"–a frame that
was then locked into the press. |
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| John is
setting type into his composing stick, where he builds up a single line of
text. |
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In most
old printshops, the bins for the letters weren't labeled–a typesetter worth
his salt could probably find the letters blindfolded. |
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background, we can see another letterpress and an old paper cutter. |
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Not sure
what type he's setting.. |
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| These type
cases each stored a single font–e.g. 12 point Times Roman Italic. A
printshop would have a number of cabinets, each with quite a few drawers of
fonts. When John's dad Ted died, we threw out a trailerload of old
type cabinets/drawers that he had. Today, these drawers sell for
$30-60 each at antique stores. |
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Somewhere
I have a photo of John setting type by hand exactly like this, in his early
20s. |
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| Lucy on
the ride home, worn out. |
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And just
plain out |
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| Where Lucy
hangs out |
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Oops–she's
awake! |
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More time spent in the high chair.
Friday, 3-Jun-2005. |
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| Playing
with a cool spinnie-toy |
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Nice
time-waster while waiting for the Cheerios to arrive |
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| Fascinated |
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Lucy |
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| Hi Dad! |
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| Still
fascinated |
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Lucy in
the playpen, giggling |
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| She spots
Dad eating some dinner |
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Tom and Carol, Dan and Ari, and John
and Claudette all came out to visit on a Sunday afternoon.
Sunday, 5-Jun-2005. |
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| Grandma
and Lucy, playing with a bottle |
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Lucy with
Grandma Claudette |
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Just when you thought we couldn't
possibly post more high chair photos...
Thursday, 9-Jun-2005. |
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| Lucy,
sporting a bit of a runny nose |
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Lucy |
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| Waiting
for dinner? |
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Mmmm |
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| Lucy
laughs at our pathetic attempt to set up a chair barrier |
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One quick
glance before going "over the top" |
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| Or "under
the top" |
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Lucy, playing in her Exersaucer, now
opened up into "toddler mode".
Friday, 10-Jun-2005. |
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| Lucy
always finds plenty to do when hanging out in the Exersaucer |
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Oops–dropped a cup! |
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| Working on
the next project |
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Lucy shows off her new swimsuit,
before we head out to go swimming at Cleary Lake.
Sunday, 12-Jun-2005. |
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| Mommy just
said something funny |
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Splish
splash |
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| Ready for
the beach |
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One last
glance to check breaking news |
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| We could
be on the road already, if Dad wasn't so keen on taking all of these photos |
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Lucy |
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Super-cute girl.
Thursday, 16-Jun-2005. |
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| Cutest
little girl in the world |
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Joana and Lucy hang out in the front
yard on their day off.
Friday, 17-Jun-2005. |
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| Queen of
the front yard |
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Could life
get any better than this? |
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| A good
education consists of constantly tasting new things |
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Looks like
it might be edible |
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Contemplating the taste of leaf |
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| Hi Mom.. |
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Baby on
blanket |
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| Joana and
Lucy |
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Mother/daughter/shed |
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| In the
middle of a sea of grass the desperately needs mowing |
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Venturing
off the edge of the known world |
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Grandpa John & Grandma Claudette
stop off for a brief visit.
Saturday, 18-Jun-2005. |
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| Grandma
and Lucy |
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Grandpa
John |
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| Grandma
holds the toy steady so that Lucy can push on it |
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Crawling
off to play with something else |
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| We call
this "book-pushing" |
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So many
toys, so little time.. |
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| Stop and
taste the plastic cup |
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Cups are
good for banging together, too |
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For Father's Day, we visited Cleary
Lake Park, where they had a live band playing some Bluegrass music.
Sunday, 19-Jun-2005. |
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| Lucy waits
while Mom applies suntan lotion |
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Careful to
lube Lucy up pretty thoroughly |
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| Patiently
waiting for the fun to start |
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Lucy and
Joana |
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| Lucy,
ready for fun in the sun |
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Hop on Pop |
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| Perfect
day to be out in the park |
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More fun
to chew on the strings than to actually wear the hat |
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| Lucy and
her hat |
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Thinking
about crawling around a bit in the grass |
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| Fun times,
bouncing on Dad's leg |
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Wheeeee! |
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| Back to
the hat strings |
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Still
pretty interested in that string |
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| Distracted |
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Joana and
Lucy |
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| Mom and
daughter |
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Snuggling |
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| Something
catches Lucy's attention |
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Yanking
blades of grass |
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| Lucy |
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Leaving
her hat behind |
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| Happy
girls |
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Lucy |
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| Joana |
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Mom and
daughter |
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| Dad ! |
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| Cutie in a
hat |
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Lucy |
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| That
string sure spent a lot of time in Lucy's mouth |
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Sean &
Lucy |
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Contemplating mischief? |
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Lucy &
Joana |
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| Going for
a ride |
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Family photo.
Sunday, 26-Jun-2005. |
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| Joana,
Lucy and Sean |
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