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Posted by Dave Hughes

- November 10, 2023, 09:34:37 AM

Well, you had me fooled for a while!

Posted by printsmurf

- November 10, 2023, 08:07:52 AM

Gutenberg wearing a printer's hat?

Posted by Mechanic

- November 09, 2023, 08:03:06 PM

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

Posted by John Cornelisse

- November 09, 2023, 09:58:41 AM

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 ?

Posted by Dave Hughes

- November 09, 2023, 08:14:35 AM

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

Posted by Mechanic

- November 08, 2023, 11:23:11 PM

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.

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