Linotype compositors at work at N.Y. World, 1909Photograph of linotype compositors at work at N.Y. World, 1909
Luther, Dr. Heinrich Ehrenfried portrait based on the original oil painting by Johann Helfrich KramerPortrait of Dr. Heinrich Ehrenfried Luther based on the original oil painting by Johann Helfrich Kramer. From Die Egenolff-Luthersche Schriftgiesserei…
Mergenthaler, Ottmar’s first band machine of 1883Ottmar Mergenthaler’s first band machine of 1883. From: Leading American inventors, by George Iles … with fifteen portraits and many…
Mergenthaler, Ottmar’s first direct casting band machine of 1883Ottmar Mergenthaler’s first direct casting band machine of 1883 (also known as his second band machine). From: Leading American inventors,…
Mergenthaler, Ottmar’s New York Tribune machine of 1886Ottmar Mergenthaler’s New York Tribune machine of 1886. From: Leading American inventors, by George Iles … with fifteen portraits and…
New York Tribune Linotype machine in useIllustration of the New York Tribune Linotype machine in use at the newspaper. From: “A Machine to Supersede Typesetting,” Scientific…
Sauer, Christoph’s house and print shop, Germantown, Pennsylvania, April 1859Christoph Sauer’s house and print shop, Germantown, Pennsylvania, April 1859.