Comments on: The Whittaker “Mickey Mouse” https://metaltype.co.uk/wpress/the-whittaker-collection/the-whittaker-mickey-mouse/ Yesterday’s Technology . . . Today! Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:08:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Hughes https://metaltype.co.uk/wpress/the-whittaker-collection/the-whittaker-mickey-mouse/#comment-49 Tue, 15 Aug 2017 07:34:09 +0000 http://metaltype.co.uk/wpress/?page_id=598#comment-49 In reply to George Finn.

I never saw one in the wild, but do remember someone mentioning the machine when I worked at the Yorkshire Evening Press in the 1970s. The answer to which came first is on this page: The Whittaker Collection

]]> By: George Finn https://metaltype.co.uk/wpress/the-whittaker-collection/the-whittaker-mickey-mouse/#comment-48 Tue, 15 Aug 2017 04:48:27 +0000 http://metaltype.co.uk/wpress/?page_id=598#comment-48 Dave I found the answer The Whittaker machines predate the APL by about 10 years. Of course I found the answer on Metal Type

]]> By: George Finn https://metaltype.co.uk/wpress/the-whittaker-collection/the-whittaker-mickey-mouse/#comment-47 Tue, 15 Aug 2017 04:29:51 +0000 http://metaltype.co.uk/wpress/?page_id=598#comment-47 I haven’t seen this one before. I could not locate it on the forum. Do these predate Linotype’s APL early 1930’s?

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