German Museums

Thanks to Teo Pelho, from Finland, for sending in these pictures, taken at the Deutsches Museum, Munich and the Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, Germany.

I have very little information about the pictures, so if you think you can “flesh out” any of the captions, please post your suggestions here. Please refer to the pictures by number.

1 - A Brehmer book stitching machine — 1 – A Brehmer book stitching machine

2 - A Simplex one-man typesetting machine — 2 – A Simplex one-man typesetting machine.

3 - A Monoline typesetting machine — 3 – A Monoline typesetting machine.

4 - Rogers Typograph — 4 – Rogers Typograph

5 - Intertype Fotosetter — 5 – Intertype Fotosetter.

6 - Printing Press — 6 – Printing Press.

8 - A ruling machine — 8 – A ruling machine.

9 - An early press — 9 – An early press.

10 - Another early press — 10 – Another early press.

12 - Web newspaper press — 12 – Web newspaper press.

13 - Early Linotype — 13 – Early Linotype.

14 - Detail of the Linotype — 14 – Detail of the Linotype.

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Banging Out – Fleet Street Remembered -Video documentary about the UK national newspaper industry.
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