Picture taken in the 1930s/40s
Hemphill County News
Category: Trade Category
Yorkshire Evening Press
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Harry Craig
Harry, from New Zealand owns and maintains three Linotype machines. Pictures sent in by his colleague, Tim Ede.
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Cosco Printing
Photos taken in 1988 during the last days of hot type at the North Carolina (US) company. Sent in by Bob Scurry.
Edward Farnell (1915-1998)
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Sunday Telegraph UK
George Clark, who has also written two stories for Metal Type, sent in these photographs of the last days of hot metal.
Intertype Model G4-4SM
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.
Intertype Model F4
The Model F4 is a double distributor mixer machine with four 90-channel main magazines.
This machine may be equipped with two or four 34-channel side magazines (F4-2s.m. and F4-4s.m.). Front removal of main magazines.
Intertype Model C4-4SM
The Model C4 is a Universal Straight Machine (single distributor) and requires a magazine shift each time a change is made from one main magazine to another or from one side magazine to another.
Two types of straight machines are available: the straight C type, which carries standard 90-channel main magazines and the straight H type, which is equipped with main magazines of the standard wide 72-channel type.
Intertype Model C4
The Model C4 is a Universal Straight Machine (single distributor) and requires a magazine shift each time a change is made from one main magazine to another or from one side magazine to another.
Two types of straight machines are available: the straight C type, which carries standard 90-channel main magazines and the straight H type, which is equipped with main magazines of the standard wide 72-channel type.
Intertype Side Magazines
THE NEW side magazine, a standardized Intertype unit, will be applied before shipment to any new Intertype – Model A, B or C for $150.
The Side Magazine is used for head-letter faces, advertising figures, accents, special characters, or any other matrices required.