While the founders of Rochester weren't around for the signing of the Declaration of Independence (and it's a good thing that none of the Founding Fathers had a heart attack, because expert heart surgeons in 1776 weren't too, well, existing then), the history of our beloved city does go back quite a long way. And we've got miles of Rochester newspaper microfilm to prove it.
How far back you say? Well you can read for yourself the microfilm of Rochester Post Bulletin beginning in 1859, just shy of 150 years ago. For you kids, the internet was considerably slower than dialup at that time.
Okay, so libraries have had microfilm and microfilm readers since time immemorial, what's the big deal about a digital scanner? One word: PDF. Okay, let's throw in another word: adjusting image quality. And a last one for good measure: e-mail.
So where does that leave our math (other than a shaky definition of "another word")? You can make digital copies of the articles you're looking for and share them via e-mail just like digital photos. You can also do some adjustment of image quality before you save your image. That article about your great, great, great Aunt Pearl can make the rounds in one press of a button instead of dozens of envelopes and photocopies.
That's the beauty of the digital age.
Come in and give it a try.
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