Ottmar Mergenthaler & The Linotype

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Model 14 Linotype Full Size Magazines w/ Auxiliary Magazine Advertising Postcard

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The Salesian Vocational School in Tokyo



In 1935, the first printing and sewing courses were also established at this technical school.

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ADVERTISING STICK PIN      MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE CO.   C.1900

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South Hackensack NJ-New Jersey    Linotype Parts Company Factory Building Postcard.
Late 40's/early 50's?  judging by the cars?

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Photo Postcard    Linotype    Dating from early 1900s



Dated 1922

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100th anniversary medal, 1886-1986, of the invention of the Linotype machine.
Portrait of Ottmar Mergenthaler. Material: Silver, 30 mm.

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The Genius of America Ingots Collection (Franklin Mint, 1984)  Silver



Also issued in bronze   



The last image is not the best of images.

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Early 1900's advertising watch fob for Mergenthaler Linotype Company.

The centre of the watch fob features an elaborate, high-relief detailed image of a linotype machine. The reverse reads: MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE CO.      THE LINOTYPE WAY IS THE ONLY WAY   in embossed lettering. THE GREEN DUCK CO. CHICAGO at bottom

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1920s Linotype 'Don't Worry Club' Good Luck token, manufactured by the Green Duck Co., Chicago.

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Postcard of la clicherie (platemaking workshop) from Le Petit Journal, a daily newspaper, published in Paris from 1863 to 1944.    They seem to have shared space with their linotype machines.

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Postcard given free with an issue of Le Journal in 1902         
 Le Journal was a daily newspaper published in Paris from 1892 to 1944



Machine Linotype Used For The Composition Of The Newspaper "LE JOURNAL" who use 12 of these machines