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Linotype Model 1 For Sale

Linotype Model 1

Ruben Brizuela, from Argentina, sent in this excellent graphic of a Model 1 Linotype, serial No. 5788, in full working order, that he would like to sell.

I’m not sure how rare the Model 1 is, but judging by the graphic the machine looks in good condition and worth preserving. Read the Full Article . . .

Peter Ainsworth, Monotype Caster

Monotype caster

Peter Ainsworth sent in these photos, the man at the Monotype Caster is Peter. The photos come from a Mouldtype brochure.

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Linotype Elektron

Linotype Elektron

Many thanks to Ralph Voogd for sending in this photo and caption.

This picture was taken when I was working at the Albuquerque Journal-Tribune, in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA, back in the mid ’70s. It appeared in an issue of the ITU Review. Read the Full Article . . .

Wairoa Star, 1968

Cossar Press
The Wairoa Star’s (New Zealand) Cossar B16 Flatbed reel fed Printing Press could print up to sixteen tabloid pages in one print run and with the rewind section another eight pages could be added. The press was retired in 1976 when the Wairoa Star changed to offset.

Many thanks to Graeme How for sending in these photos.

We have five pages of articles about the Wairoa Star sent in by Graeme, check the “Related Pages” menu to see the others. Read the Full Article . . .

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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Burlington Press & Electrical Press

Mike Wilson
I’m on the Linotype in Burlington Press, Bridlington, a one-man operation (my Dad and my mother) until his death in 1978. I’m probably on holiday from Aylesbury, where I was department overseer on the Bucks Herald. I worked a brand new Intertype there, a model that came out before the days of the Elektrons etc. A ten-line-a-minute job with a blower etc. But I could still keep a line hanging. But despite the blower the mould got so hot that it would splash often, and the union man told me to slow down or everyone would have to work at my speed. They promised me an output bonus but it never materialised.

Mike Wilson also sent in these pictures of himself and his father.

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Yorkshire Post, 1924

Yorkshire Post
Busy composing room.

Mike Wilson sent in these pictures from a publication entitled “Producing a newspaper: The Story of the Yorkshire Post.” Published in December 1924.

Wairoa Star, New Zealand

Type in composing stick
Type in composing stick (72pt Christchurch Bold Condensed).

Pictures sent in by Graeme How, taken in the late 60s and early 70s.

We have four pages of articles about the Wairoa Star sent in by Graeme, check the “Related Pages” menu to see the others. Read the Full Article . . .