About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0340
  • TitlePhoto-typesetting machine
  • SummaryCaption: "Herman Mergenthaler (center), son of Linotype inventor Ottmar Mergenthaler, sees the Linofilm photo-typesetting machine, latest development in the typesetting field. Also watching are Walter Cunz (left), director, and Carl Debus (right), manager, both of Linotype G. M. B. H., Germany." The image is not dated.
  • Date[195-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectPrinting industry -- Employees -- New York (State) New York ; Typesetting -- New York (State) -- New York ; Typesetting machines -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Factories: Printing