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Mergenthaler, Ottmar, 2nd Linotype Machine with Band, Invented By Him; 3rd Design He..., 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing.

Mergenthaler, Ottmar, 2nd Linotype Machine with Band, Invented By Him; 3rd Design He..., 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing.

2-952-740 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

2nd Linotype Machine with Band, invented By Ottmar Mergenthaler; 3rd design he invented at Smithsonian, 1917. The linotype machine was the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses. Its invention revolutionized the art of printing; the first commercially used Linotype was installed in the printing office of the 'New York Tribune' newspaper in 1886.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Harris & Ewing, attributed to: American: Photographer, photography company, photography studio
People Related
  1. Martha Ewing: American: Photographer
  2. George W. Harris: British; American: Photographer
  3. Ottmar Mergenthaler: German-American: inventor
Medium
  1. Glass negative
  2. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Object
  2. S.
  3. Still image
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Science & Nature Technology & Innovation

Trade & Industry Media Industry

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5243x8936
File Size : 45,754kb

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  1. 2016867266
  1. 1010018611
  1. 2-952-740
  1. 2016867266
  1. 2952740
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