Many thanks to Jim Daggs, of Ackley Publishing Company, Ackley, Iowa for sending in these photographs.
Goss Unitubular Press
Category: Trade Category
Blue Streak Linotypes
Many thanks to Jim Daggs, of Ackley Publishing Company Inc., Ackley, Iowa for sending in these illustrations.
Linotype fan? Don’t miss the Linotype Chat section of the Metal Type Forum.
Early Typesetting Machines
Many thanks to Jim Daggs, of Ackley Publishing Company Inc., Ackley, Iowa for sending in these illustrations.
The Story of the Linotype Blower (1889) – This article on the Metal Type forum takes an in-depth look at this remarkable but short-lived machine.
Cossar Flat-Bed Web Press
Thanks to David Philips for sending in these pictures of a historical press from Scotland, UK.
FROM the Strathearn Herald, Saturday July 6, 1907.
Koenig & Bauer Rollrenner Press Video
Many thanks to Andy from the Basel Paper Mill Museum for sending in these videos of their Koenig & Bauer Rollrenner Press VIII, dating from 1926, printing posters.
Feeding paper
1891 Typesetting Competition
These illustrations and article come from a copy of “The Graphic” Illustrated Weekly Newspaper (Chicago) dated October 31, 1891.
There is a full report of this competition on the Metal Type Forum here: 1891 Typesetting Competition.
Last Letterpress Newspaper in Australia
Graeme How spotted this article in an edition of the Australian trade magazine ProPrint. Visit their website here: www.proprint.com.au
TAKE A DRIVE up the scenic Waterfall Way from Bellingen, on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, towards the university city of Armidale, and when you start to breathe the cooler, fresh air at the top of the plateau you’ll find yourself in the snug town of Dorrigo.
Nodis Rapid Caster
THIS MACHINE was advertised in the November 1944 edition of The British Printer.
The text of the advertisement is as follows: “Type! A Worry? It isn’t to printers who have a Nodis Rapid Caster.
Damaged Miehle Press
TONY PRESTON sent in this photograph of a press, which he thinks was a Miehle, taken at the Government Printing Office, Perth, Western Australia in 1980.
Says Tony, “The damage is down to the machine minder leaving his quoin key on the bed of the machine, then pressing the start button.”
Jessie Horton, c1910
I have scant details of the subject of this photograph.
It was offered for sale on eBay by a seller based in the USA.