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Hi Subscriber, Here's what has been happening on the Forum recently. Don't forget, you can now post without having an account.

eBay Highlights . . .

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Linotype Parts - Florida, USA

Elektron Typescale - New York, USA

Ludlow Matrices - California, USA

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Re: Johannes Gutenberg
Issued in 1935. Pictures of German History No. 21, Johann Gutenberg. Reemtsma Cigarettes. The same image was used by Eckstein Cigarettes c.1934

Re: Model 31 long reeds
Nice work. Very resourceful. I might suggest, if you haven't thought of it, if it is in a position that gets a lot of work you might be able to swap it to a position that is used less often.

Re: Model 31 long reeds
I just added a post in my blog and a YouTube video about repairing a broken reed.

Re: Model 31 long reeds
Wow, you're a long way from home! I don't know much about the history of the Model 5 at the museum, other than its having been donated by the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Re: Movable Type
Casting Metal Type - Youtube video. Short film showing punch cutting and then casting a piece of type.

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Early Typesetting Machines

Some great pictures of early typesetting machines, including the Paige Typesetter (above) from 1887.

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