Typesetters, The Morning Post, London, 1920. Artist: Bedford Lemere and Company

Typesetters, The Morning Post, London, 1920. Artist: Bedford Lemere and Company

1-232-571 - Reproduced by permission of Historic England/Heritage Images

Typesetters, The Morning Post, London, 1920. Articles are typed and then sent to typesetters, who make the plates used to print the paper. Before machines like these were invented the typesetters had to put each letter into the plate by hand; they had to especially sure to mind their Ps and Qs, which were easily confused.


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Creator
  1. Bedford Lemere and Company, attributed to: British: Photographers

Medium
  1. Photograph

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World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London

  1. 51 30 51 N , 000 05 35 W

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Lifestyle & Leisure Entertainment & Media

Trade & Industry Communications

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4779x3935
File Size : 55,094kb


Aliases

  1. BL/25220/17
  1. 0250002286
  1. 1-232-571
  1. 1232571
  1. 2286
  1. A3
  1. BL/25220/17


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