Blue Streak Linotype Exhibition

This photographic postcard, which the seller said probably dated from the 1930s-40s, was recently offered for sale on Ebay.

The following was printed on the reverse of the postcard:

The exhibit of Blue Streak Linotypes is a prominent feature of the Mid-West Agency of Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 531 Plymouth Court, Chicago, Illinois.

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