Typesetter Collection

Linotype & Machinery Ltd. advert, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXI. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Interior view of Printing Department, E. T. I. S. 1903. Creator: Unknown
Interior view of Printing Department, E. T. I. S. 1903

G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918
G.N. Press Car, between 1913 and 1918. Men in printing workshop

H. O. Wagoner, 1887. Creator: Unknown
H. O. Wagoner, 1887. Henry O. Wagoner, African-American abolitionist and civil rights activist involved with the Underground Railroad

Students working in print shop, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, 1902. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Students working in print shop, Tuskegee Institute, Ala. 1902. [African American students learning printing skills]

Etievant. Henri, Achille. 32 ans, ne a Flammanville (Manche). Typographe. Anarchiste. 4/3/94. 1894

Sachet. Edmond. 27 ans, ne a Mezieres (Ardennes). Typographe. Anarchiste. 1/3/94. 1894

Grave. Jean. 38 ans, ne le 16 / 10 / 54 a Breuil (Puy de Dome). Typographe
Grave. Jean. 38 ans, ne le 16/10/54 a Breuil (Puy de Dome). Typographe. Anarchiste. 9/1/94. 1894

Billon. Gabriel, Andre, Adolphe. 20 ans, ne a Boulogne /s / Seine
Billon. Gabriel, Andre, Adolphe. 20 ans, ne a Boulogne /s/Seine. Typographe. Outrages. 14/8/93. 1893

View of Foundry, Southwark Street, 1909. Creator: Unknown
View of Foundry, Southwark Street, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

At Work in the Printing-Office, 1881. Creator: Unknown
At Work in the Printing-Office, 1881. From " St. Nicholas: Volume VIII. Part I. November 1880, to May 1881". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1881]

John Guttemberg, pub. 1683 (engraving). Creator: Albrecht Mentz (15th Century) after
John Guttemberg, from Mechanick Exercises: or The Doctrine of Handy-Works applied to the Art of Printing, pub. 1683 (engraving)

Linotype students at work, Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London, 1930. Linotype is a trademark for a typesetting machine formerly widely used in newspaper printing that produces a line of

Linotype block being set in the dye at a printworks, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Movable type pages being set in the chase

Checking printed pages from a two colour press, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Printed pages being checked at a South Yorkshire printing company

Linotype machine room at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist
Linotype machine room at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959

Blocks being made up at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist
Blocks being made up at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Furniture was used to space the metal blocks within the chase

Newspaper typesetting, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters
Newspaper typesetting, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Typesetters from the South Yorkshire Times composing pages for the newspaper

View of Composing Room, 1919. Leicester Co-operative Printing Society Ltd.s establishment. From The British Printer Vol. XXXII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

The Latest in Linos, 1910. Artist: Edward Myers
The Latest in Linos, 1910. From The British Printer Vol. XXIII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1910]

Linotype Practise - Mander Brothers advert, 1910. Printed with Mander Brothers inks. From The British Printer Vol. XXIII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1910]

The Linotypes, 1916. Charles Thurnam & Sons establishment. From The British Printer Vol. XXIX. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1916]

Printworkers harrassed by skeletons, 1499 (1956). From A Dance With Death. A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common

John Enschedes type foundry, 1768 (1908-1909). Artist: Cornelius van Noorde
John Enschedes type foundry, 1768 (1908-1909). From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1908-1909, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, Volume 14

Interior of a Printing Works, type setting, 1751-1777. Artist: Denis Diderot
Interior of a Printing Works, type setting, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777

Printing office, c1600. On the left compositors are at work setting up text using letters from a case in front of them. In the centre background type is being inked ready to be printed on to paper in

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