Space band from Linotype machine owned by Bob Watkins
- PART OF:
- Toolbox containing tools
- Made:
- circa 1965 in Altrincham
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Space band owned by Bob Watkins during his time as an apprentice at the Linotype and Machinery Co. in Broadheath, Trafford in the mid-1960s.
The space band is an important component part of a Linotype machine, used to seperate words and justify a line of type.
Details
- Category:
- Printing & Writing
- Object Number:
- 2015-2019/42
- Materials:
- steel (metal)
- type:
- space band
- credit:
- Gift of Bob Watkins
