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Click on the "show all Subscription options" link on the right for details of where you can use this feed. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/JWwcUir9hMM/photo131.shtml Photographs of the composing room, taken during Word War II.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/JWwcUir9hMM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo131.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/dyvK37DN9bs/photo130.shtml Picture and details of this large Linotype mixer model.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/dyvK37DN9bs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo130.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/WrquhEjqypM/photo129.shtml Photographs and details of these c1960 Linotype models.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/WrquhEjqypM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo129.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/2Pj1ffrNbcA/story42.shtml An amusing story, sent in by George Finn, about a 1960s Canadian Linotype salesman.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/2Pj1ffrNbcA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story42.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/iqVM_gsJT0Q/photo128.shtml Three pages of pics and details of this early Linotype photocomposition system.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/iqVM_gsJT0Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo128.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/PG8vAH0RqhM/photo127.shtml Four pages of colour photographs taken at Intertype's Brooklyn factory in 1966.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/PG8vAH0RqhM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo127.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/5_VoReu5w3Y/photo126.shtml Pictures and details of this ubiquitous early 1960s Linotype machine.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/5_VoReu5w3Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo126.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/AYUp9gl4SYY/story41.shtml Nice story from George Finn, explaining how a bit of composing-room ingenuity solved a problem for the Sydney Morning Herald.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/AYUp9gl4SYY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/stories/story41.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/0ngbTjuNPQc/photo125.shtml Photo of this seemingly family-run small town newspaper taken c1920.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/0ngbTjuNPQc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo125.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/oEwOsE7WsCA/photo124.shtml Pictures and details of these later mixer models.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/oEwOsE7WsCA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo124.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/gwtff_6LNnQ/photo123.shtml Pictures and details of this single-magazine linecaster.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/gwtff_6LNnQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo123.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/QuWpIyma8pQ/library.shtml 8-page instruction book for this Linotype/Intertype matrix repair tool. Free download from the Metal Type Library.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/QuWpIyma8pQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/library.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/0f50g0-ls4k/photo122.shtml Pictures and details of this later linecaster.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/0f50g0-ls4k" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo122.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/noMtJnItcXk/photo121.shtml An excerpt from an advertising brochure, produced c.1960 by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/noMtJnItcXk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo121.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/PFU63xJrPzw/photo120.shtml Pictures taken to record this Dallas, USA trade-typesetter's move to new premises.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/PFU63xJrPzw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo120.shtml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~3/11bAdH4na5w/dvd The first Metal Type DVD is now available. It contains almost an hour and 10 minutes of historical letterpress documentary footage.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MetalTypeNews/~4/11bAdH4na5w" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.metaltype.co.uk/dvd