Print ads from Intertype, which appeared in the “Inland Printer” on the theme of Freedom of the Press.
The ads are typical WWII patriotic propaganda that was found in the advertising of many, many companies.
Intertype WWII Advertising 1942/43
Category: Historical
Historical items
Whitcombe & Tombs, NZ, Advertisement
Thanks to Metal Type contributor Graeme How for sending in this advertisement from the 1930s.
Shaffstall Mat Detector Brochure 1960
Many thanks to Anthony Shaffstall (the son of the inventor of this device) for sending in this 1960 advertising material.
Said Tony: “When I was a kid I accompanied my dad to many newspapers in the area where he would, late in the evening, install these devices on the Mergs. I was in grade school and didn’t understand what he did but I was mesmerised watching those machines run — still am.”
Allied Newspapers 1930s/1940s Pamphlet
Linotype Factories
The illustrations on this page are from the Ottmar Mergenthaler Museum, digitised by Doug Wilson.
You can read more about how Doug came across these images on the Metal Type forum here: Linotype: The Book.
Early Typesetting Machines 2
The illustrations on this page are from the Ottmar Mergenthaler Museum, digitised by Doug Wilson.
You can read more about how Doug came across these images on the Metal Type forum here: Linotype: The Book.
Intertype Trade Show Gifts
Many thanks to Rocky Baranowski, from Arizona USA, for sending in these pictures from his collection.
These gifts would have been given away at trade shows and exhibitions early in the 20th Century.
1953 Recruitment Ads
Thanks to Graeme Howe for sending in these recruitment ads, from the end of 1953.
I would imagine in those days the first one to apply would get the job, and earn enough money to live on. How times have changed!
British Print Trade Union Cards 1924-1945
Many thanks to Chris Greenhill for sending in his grandfather’s collection of British Print Trade Union membership cards.
His grandfather Joseph Henry Davis was born in 1884 and entered the print industry at the age of 14. You can read more about his career in London and view his indenture document here: 1898 Indentures.
1898 Indentures
Many thanks to Chris Greenhill for sending in details of his grandfather’s long career in the print industry, along with his Indenture document, which was signed in 1898.
Chris says: “I gleaned the following from my grandfather’s last surviving daughter, my aunt.