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.
Yesterday’s Technology . . . Today!
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.
Pictures of the last day of hot metal production, sent in by Alan Jones.
The photographs that follow were scanned in from a special edition published by Queensland Newspapers in Brisbane, Australia back in 1982.
All smiles round the stone as the London Evening News bites the dust in 1980. Picture sent in by Dick McWilliams.
Graeme Howe, from New Zealand sent in these pictures from an old Intertype Manual he had.
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Picture taken in the 1930s/40s
There are six pages of Yorkshire Evening Press photos on Metal Type. Check the “Related Pages” menu to see the rest.
Harry, from New Zealand owns and maintains three Linotype machines. Pictures sent in by his colleague, Tim Ede.
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Photos taken in 1988 during the last days of hot type at the North Carolina (US) company. Sent in by Bob Scurry.
Linotype fan? Don’t miss the Linotype Chat section of the Metal Type Forum.
George Clark, who has also written two stories for Metal Type, sent in these photographs of the last days of hot metal.
The Model G4 is a double distributor mixer machine with four main magazines.
The magazines are of the wide 72-channel and 90-channel types and are available in any desired combination: two wide 72-channel and two 90-channel magazines, or one wide 72-channel and three 90-channel magazines, or three wide 72-channel and one 90-channel magazines.