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Today they've almost vanished, their profession a victim of the computer revolution, do-it-yourself desktop publishing and declining union membership. Sommerfield came to the Union Printers Home 30 years ago, retiring from the Alpena, MI, News as a Linotype operator.

Known for his red fedora, Sommerfield was the home's postmaster and bingo caller for years. He's lived in the home longer than anyone. If you ask, he'll show you how he once ran the Linotype machine.