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Great Southern Herald Printer

2003
Subcollections
Business
Overview

A coloured photograph of the interior of a building, in the foreground is a large black machine, which has a keyboard at the front.

Historical information

The machine is a linotype machine, which is a heavy mechanical typesetting machine that casts an entire line of metal type as a single solid piece, called a slug. It is a machine used in the newspaper printing industry.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-202-HSP2026.301
Item type
Photographs
Material
Photographic Paper
Width
15.2000 cm
Height or length
10 cm
Inscriptions and markings

In the middle of the photograph is a black plate with the word "LONDON LINOTYPE".

In the bottom right hand corner in red printed lettering "02 12 03". The is a date stamp which cameras did in the 1980s and 1990s.

Year
2003
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Links to additional resources
Wikipedia - Linotype Machine [en.wikipedia.org]

The article describes how the machine is used in the printing industry.

Last modified
Tuesday, 4 August, 2026
Completeness
94
Rights category
Other
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Katanning Historical Society

Katanning Historical Society

Great Southern Herald Printer
Great Southern Herald Printer

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