Category: USA/Canada
Boozy Allegations
George Finn’s amusing account of a Canadian Linotype training course, in Toronto, in 1958. . . .
Elrod Memories
Dan Williams remembers the inauguration of the Elrod machine at his father’s commercial type shop. . . .
Printing Pravda, 1934
This short piece from Merchant of Alphabets describes the brand new Pravda printing plant in 1934. . . .
The Matrix Engineer
How a Linotype matrix is made from Merchant of Alphabets by Reginald Orcutt. . . .
The Bumpy Road
Bob Turner’s second story for this site is the fascinating story of his print career to date. . . .
My Last Hurrah
Bob Turner’s certainly kept up with the times. Still working part-time in the print industry at the age of 68. . . .
Dying days
Alan Young tells us of his days as possibly one of the last Linotype operators. . . .
A Measured Approach
Another fascinating story from Dean Nayes takes us back to the Salt Lake City Tribune in the 1950s. . . .
Salt Lake Deadline
Dean D Nayes aka The Itinerant Typographical Engineer tells a story from his travels in the 1950s. . . .