On July 3, 1886, in the composing room of the New York Tribune, an historic event took place

  • paper portfolio containing the DePol reproduction, text on the first leaf
  • N.P.: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1961
N.P.: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1961. paper portfolio containing the DePol reproduction, text on the first leaf. DePol, John. oblong 8vo. paper portfolio containing the DePol reproduction, text on the first leaf. Keepsake issued by the Mergenthaler Company to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the invention of Ottmar Mergenthaler's linotype machine. Mergenthaler commissioned John DePol to do a wood-engraving of this scene as a broadside to be inserted in this brochure.

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Title

On July 3, 1886, in the composing room of the New York Tribune, an historic event took place

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paper portfolio containing the DePol reproduction, text on the first leaf

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Publisher

Mergenthaler Linotype Company: N.P.

Date

1961


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