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Print shop at the Luostarinmäki Handicrafts Museum, an area of 200 year old wooden buildings which survived the fire of 1827, Turku, Finland Stock Photo
RMR7W3M8–Print shop at the Luostarinmäki Handicrafts Museum, an area of 200 year old wooden buildings which survived the fire of 1827, Turku, Finland
A Victorian wash drawing of a British compositor setting type by hand in a newspaper composing room. Individual sorts (letters) are picked from a type case and arranged into a composing stick before being made into lines and then placed on a form (page layout). Stock Photo
RM2A9JP43–A Victorian wash drawing of a British compositor setting type by hand in a newspaper composing room. Individual sorts (letters) are picked from a type case and arranged into a composing stick before being made into lines and then placed on a form (page layout).
An old engraving showing the main moving parts of a Linotype machine of the late 1800s. It is from a Victorian book of the 1890s on discoveries and inventions during the 1800s. The Linotype machine is a ‘line casting’ machine used in printing text. It was a hot metal typesetting system that cast blocks of metal type for individual uses. Ottmar Mergenthaler invented it in 1884. Linotype became the main method to set type, especially small-size body text, for newspapers, magazines, and books from the late 19th century to the 1970s and 1980s. Stock Photo
RM2HBEHTB–An old engraving showing the main moving parts of a Linotype machine of the late 1800s. It is from a Victorian book of the 1890s on discoveries and inventions during the 1800s. The Linotype machine is a ‘line casting’ machine used in printing text. It was a hot metal typesetting system that cast blocks of metal type for individual uses. Ottmar Mergenthaler invented it in 1884. Linotype became the main method to set type, especially small-size body text, for newspapers, magazines, and books from the late 19th century to the 1970s and 1980s.
Page of old classified ads from a 1873 Essex County, Massachusetts business directory. Stock Photo
RMBNF8E9–Page of old classified ads from a 1873 Essex County, Massachusetts business directory.
Inside a very old traditional print shop with various letters in cases. Stock Photo
RM2KA37NW–Inside a very old traditional print shop with various letters in cases.
Page of old business listings from a 1873 Essex County, Massachusetts directory. Stock Photo
RMBNFCAT–Page of old business listings from a 1873 Essex County, Massachusetts directory.
Typesetters and printers at work in a print shop 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of an A.B. Frost illustration Stock Photo
RMAY2EJM–Typesetters and printers at work in a print shop 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of an A.B. Frost illustration
Alphabetic character letter M, ornate capital letter. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881 Stock Photo
RM2ERTTGM–Alphabetic character letter M, ornate capital letter. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881
Roman Alphabet letter V. Old XIX century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880 Stock Photo
RM2ERW38X–Roman Alphabet letter V. Old XIX century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880
An old engraving showing close-up of the parts of the melting pot and mould wheel of a Linotype machine of the late 1800s. It is from a Victorian book of the 1890s on discoveries and inventions during the 1800s. The Linotype machine is a ‘line casting’ machine used in printing text. It was a hot metal typesetting system that cast blocks of metal type for individual uses. Ottmar Mergenthaler invented it in 1884. Linotype became the main method to set type, especially small-size body text, for newspapers, magazines, and books from the late 19th century to the 1970s and 1980s. Stock Photo
RM2HBEHTE–An old engraving showing close-up of the parts of the melting pot and mould wheel of a Linotype machine of the late 1800s. It is from a Victorian book of the 1890s on discoveries and inventions during the 1800s. The Linotype machine is a ‘line casting’ machine used in printing text. It was a hot metal typesetting system that cast blocks of metal type for individual uses. Ottmar Mergenthaler invented it in 1884. Linotype became the main method to set type, especially small-size body text, for newspapers, magazines, and books from the late 19th century to the 1970s and 1980s.
Setting type by hand in a print shop. Hand-colored woodcut Stock Photo
RMB55KC3–Setting type by hand in a print shop. Hand-colored woodcut
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