Gallery: Dement Printing Company in Meridian
Scott Bancroft took over the Dement Printing Company from Johnny Dement on Sept. 1. The Meridian business had been in the Dement family since 1875.
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Johnny Dement, 72, said he has loved his family's printing business his whole life. He sold it to new owner Scott Bancroft on Sept. 1.
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These bins at the Dement Printing Company in Meridian once stored pieces of lead type.
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New owner Scott Bancroft, left, watches as the previous owner Johnny Dement fondly leafs through an old docket book printed by Dement Printing Company, which had been in his family since 1875. Bancroft took over the business on Sept. 1.
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Previous owner Johnny Dement and new owner Scott Bancroft tour the old printing plant at Dement Printing Company in Meridian.
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Johnny Dement looks through an old chancery court docket book printed for Oktibbeha County.
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A ledger page printed in the old shop at Dement Printing in Meridian.
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Lines of lead type lie in wooden storage at Dement Printing Company in Meridian.
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Johnny Dement steps onto an old typing machine.
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Old ink rollers on a printer gather the light from a window. They are stained with blue printer’s ink.
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Thomas (Tuck) Moody has worked at Dement Printing for 58 years.
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An old printer waits for business at Dement Printing.
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These old rubber stamps gather dust now but once were used on official documents.
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Old pieces of lead type gather dust in a storage cabinet at Dement Printing in Meridian.
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Inside the old print shop at Dement Printing Company.
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Light filters into the alley storage way at Dement Printing in Meridian.
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Former owner Johnny Dement, left, and new owner Scott Bancroft stand among the museum-like surroundings at Dement Printing in Meridian. On Sept. 1, Bancroft took over the business that had been in the Dement family since 1875.
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Johnny Dement climbs up the steep stairs of what was once his terrain, the historic Dement …
