Cover of a commemorative book published in Germany on the 25th anniversary of Ottmar Mergenthaler’s death in 1924

Cover of a commemorative book published in Germany on the 25th anniversary of Mergenthaler’s death in 1924. That year, Mergenthaler’s hometown of Hachtel opened a museum in his honor. The town also mounted a plaque on his birth house. From: Ottmar Mergenthalers’ Jugendjahre. Eine Gedenkschrift zur Enthüllung der Erinnerungstafel am Geburtshaus des Erfinders der Linotype in Hachtel am 9. November 1924 [Ottmar Mergenthaler’s Youth. A Commemorative Book Published on the Occasion of the Unveiling of a Plaque on the Birth House of the Inventor of the Linotype in Hachtel on November 9, 1924]. Berlin: Mergenthaler Setzmaschinen-Fabrik GmbH, 1924.