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Rehabilitating Linotype Machines in the Modern World I am looking forward not only to seeing this new film (and o...

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November 21, 2012, 03:24:07 AM
by tjtrower

Linotype Operator required - NZ Many thanks to Graeme How for sending in this article that h...

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October 27, 2009, 10:45:15 AM
by Dave Hughes

Linotype The Film :- "Mergenthaler Linotype films" This is the latest from "Linotype The Film"QuoteWelcome to t...

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December 17, 2011, 12:19:25 AM
by Mechanic

Cork Examiner 1922 Irish history (usually left well alone!) and the Linotype co...

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December 05, 2011, 04:10:29 PM
by Dave Hughes

"La Stampa" - 1964 Nice black and white video of the production process of the ...

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July 04, 2012, 10:35:57 PM
by Dave Hughes

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Experiences/Memories of Working on the Mergenthaler 2-in-1 models I'm trying to write an article for the American Typecasting ...

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July 18, 2009, 05:30:28 PM
by Patrick Leary

The World's Fastest Hot Metal Linecasting Machine On Saturday November 7, 1964 the Beaver Country Times announ...

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March 12, 2010, 04:36:53 AM
by Mechanic

"Linotype: The Film" Interview Excerpts Another "taster" of the forthcoming film about the Linotype....

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July 03, 2011, 10:06:55 AM
by Mechanic

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2 linotype need saved from becoming scrap

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April 09, 2014, 04:50:37 AM
by chad

Le Figaro Linotype Not an American in Paris, but an Italian under licence.I can...

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May 05, 2012, 11:17:48 PM
by Mechanic

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Over-greasing main motor Hi,Just though I'd share something a friend and I came acros...

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August 29, 2010, 08:07:10 PM
by Autospacer

Ads UK Linotypes You could be right Dave. I traced where I found the last ad ...

Started by MechanicView the profile of Mechanic

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October 06, 2011, 11:08:18 PM
by Mechanic

Linotype Mural Here is a mural of Linotype operators at work in San Francis...

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July 17, 2009, 06:44:27 AM
by Mechanic

Video overview of the model 5 Linotype This Youtube video will give the viewer a good overview of t...

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September 16, 2009, 11:20:20 PM
by Mechanic

Park Row (1952) - Full Movie A great film, which I have not previously seen. The fluid ca...

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June 14, 2022, 08:51:31 PM
by Bruce Anderton

Mergenthaler's Patents. Mergenthaler's patents.Any of our members and visitors who a...

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February 27, 2010, 07:06:06 AM
by Mechanic

San Francisco Chronicle Linotype At a guess I'd say whoever moved the machine did not know wh...

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July 18, 2011, 07:50:53 AM
by Mechanic

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Something New of Something Old Isn't that something else? The Dallas Morning News has done ...

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July 22, 2010, 03:48:38 AM
by rag451

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Misinformation regarding where asbestos is found on Linotypes. Interesting comments on Asbestos.I have had several Linotype...

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May 08, 2018, 10:50:27 PM
by R Kenworthy

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Jimbo's Restoration Project Boy, that's lookin' good. Any updates, Dave?Robert

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July 22, 2010, 03:55:59 AM
by rag451

Friday, July 30, 1915 The advertisement below is a facsimile of an advertisement t...

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September 15, 2011, 06:07:06 AM
by Mechanic

Mergenthaler's Second Linotype Mergenthaler must have indeed been a busy man. There are at ...

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August 17, 2011, 05:55:14 AM
by Mechanic

125 Years of the Linotype It is nice to know that the Linotype history is being kept a...

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May 27, 2011, 12:31:22 AM
by Mechanic

A Most Unusual Lino Slug It says:NO OTHER MACHINES IN THE WORLD CAN DO THE THINGS THA...

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December 23, 2014, 08:22:26 AM
by John Nixon

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Linotype (model 8?) in Centralia, WA USA Would be nice to see a result on this one, save the machine ...

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October 08, 2012, 08:32:09 PM
by Dave Hughes

What was the first typeface used on the Linotype? A little more help:-http://www.archive.org/stream/linotypefa...

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September 21, 2011, 12:31:13 AM
by Mechanic

Saving Betty This is the URL for the progress of "Saving Betty"http://lin...

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April 05, 2013, 10:38:57 PM
by Mechanic

Another Balloon Deflated I've had a good read through this pamphlet now, and it makes...

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September 13, 2011, 08:27:39 PM
by Dave Hughes

Linotype Mixer? Here it is, the picture of the Model 9.This little puzzle wa...

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July 19, 2009, 02:37:06 PM
by Dave Hughes

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Linotype Model 54 Looking for a Home - UK I operated a Linotype Fleet 54 at the Evening Gazette, Middl...

Started by Ian Thomas

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July 22, 2014, 11:57:33 PM
by Kenneth Stoves