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Started by Mechanic, November 08, 2023, 11:23:11 PM

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Mechanic

This an actual photograph of Gutenberg trying to interest investors in his new letterpress and movable type. It is recorded, somewhere, that Scribes went on strike when this photo fell into the hands of the Scribes Union.


George Finn (Mechanic)
Gold Coast
Queensland
AUSTRALIA


Dave Hughes

Oh yes, and he had a picture of Ottmar Mergenthaler on the wall!
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John Cornelisse

Which of this three images could look like the old Johannes Gutenberg ?

The images I know from Gutenberg, they all have a long beard...

And who would be the other two men ?
 


Mechanic

The three participants Linotype mechanics Wayne Messell and George Finn. Printer compositor Ray Howlett.


George Finn (Mechanic)
Gold Coast
Queensland
AUSTRALIA

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