Category: USA/Canada

International Printing Museum

Intertype C4
At the International Printing Museum, we have been restoring a circa 1956 C-4 Intertype. As noted, this pix was taken the first day I was able to cast on the machine. The legend is a proof of the casting. The Linotype to my left is a model 32 which is also operational. I am thoroughly enjoying learning to operate these machines. I am doing pretty well with the keyboarding. I am also very good at producing jams but haven’t mastered the un-jamming techniques as yet.

A Model 31 Linotype at the International Printing Museum, plus some other pics, kindly donated by Dr Leland Whitson.

Linotype Factory, Brooklyn

Linotype factory
A picture of the Linotype Factory in Brooklyn, New York, USA. I would guess (looking at the vehicles) it dates from some time between the turn of the 20th Century and World War One. The small print at the bottom proclaims it to be “The Largest Composing Machine Factory in the World.” I think it may have been produced as a postcard.

A superb colour illustration of the Linotype Factory in Brooklyn, New York, USA from about 1900-1920. Kindly sent in by Roy Daniels.

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Hemphill County News

Hemphill County News
Elna and Othello Miller at work side by side at the Linotype machines. The couple founded the “Hemphill County News”, a weekly newspaper in Canadian, Texas in 1938. Othello Miller was the Editor-publisher and Mrs. Miller was in charge of reporting and advertising. The paper ceased publication after 30 years with the death of Mr. Miller in 1968.

Picture taken in the 1930s/40s

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