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The illustrations on this page are from the Ottmar Mergenthaler Museum<\/a>,\u00a0 digitised by Doug Wilson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can read more about how Doug came across these images on the Metal Type forum here: Linotype: The Book<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Linotype
Mergenthaler\u2019s own factory in Baltimore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ottmar
Ottmar Mergenthaler in his Baltimore, MD factory surrounded by his employees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Interior
Interior of the Baltimore factory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Shop
Shop in Berlin, Franz\u00f6sisch Stra\u00dfe 33a, where the Linotype was first shown in Germany<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The first business premises of the Mergenthaler Setzmaschinen-Fabrik in Berlin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Linotype
Linotype factory in Brooklyn, NY in 1888 (left) and 1892 (right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The Mergenthaler Setzmaschinen-Fabrik GmbH headquarters building on Chausseestra\u00dfe 23 in Berlin, Germany circa 1936<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

More factory photographs:\u00a0<\/strong>Don’t miss some great photographs from the Intertype factory in Brooklyn, USA in 1966. Intertype Factory, 1966<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The illustrations on this page are from the Ottmar Mergenthaler Museum,\u00a0 digitised by Doug Wilson. You can read more about how Doug came across these images on the Metal Type forum here: Linotype: The Book. More factory photographs:\u00a0Don’t miss some great photographs from the Intertype factory in Brooklyn, USA in 1966. Intertype Factory, 1966  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49871","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-historic","category-ukeurope","category-usacanada"],"yoast_head":"\nLinotype Factories - Metal Type<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pictures of early Linotype factories in the USA and Germany from the Ottmar Mergenthaler Museum digitised by Doug Wilson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/linotype-factories\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Linotype Factories - Metal Type\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pictures of early Linotype factories in the USA and Germany from the Ottmar Mergenthaler Museum digitised by Doug Wilson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/linotype-factories\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Metal Type\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-10T08:41:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/images\/content\/factory4.webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MTPrinting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/linotype-factories\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/linotype-factories\\\/\",\"name\":\"Linotype Factories - Metal Type\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/linotype-factories\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/linotype-factories\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/images\\\/content\\\/factory4.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-10T08:21:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-10T08:41:26+00:00\",\"description\":\"Pictures of early Linotype factories in the USA and Germany from the Ottmar Mergenthaler Museum digitised by Doug Wilson\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/linotype-factories\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/linotype-factories\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/linotype-factories\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/images\\\/content\\\/factory4.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/images\\\/content\\\/factory4.webp\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/linotype-factories\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Linotype Factories\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Metal Type\",\"description\":\"Yesterday\u2019s Technology . . . 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