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Mergenthaler demonstrates Linotype to Whitelaw Reid

Published October 22, 2012 at 703 × 896 in Ottmar Merganthaler and the Linotype
Mergenthaler demonstrates Linotype to Whitelaw Reid

Mergenthaler demonstrates the “blower” Linotype for Whitelaw Reid of the New York Tribune in July, 1886. Drawing by J. Coggleshall Wilson. Continue reading →

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