{"id":218,"date":"2017-06-07T12:12:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T12:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2023-01-25T09:52:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T08:52:15","slug":"linotype-factory-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/linotype-factory-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Linotype Factory, Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A superb colour illustration of the Linotype Factory in Brooklyn, New York, USA from about 1900-1920. Kindly sent in by Roy Daniels.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/75.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/photos\/images\/75.jpeg\" alt=\"Linotype factory\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">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 &#8220;The Largest Composing Machine Factory in the World.&#8221; I think it may have been produced as a postcard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Linotype fan? Don&#8217;t miss the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltype.co.uk\/forum\/index.php\/board,4.0.html\"><strong>Linotype Chat<\/strong><\/a> section of the Metal Type Forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A superb colour illustration of the Linotype Factory in Brooklyn, New York, USA from about 1900-1920. Kindly sent in by Roy Daniels. Linotype fan? 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