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Business Records from Linotype & Machinery Ltd of Broadheath, Altrincham

Linotype 78 Linecasting Machine

1960-1962

'Mickey Mouse' Linecaster

1920-1930

Linotype Elektron made by Linotype & Machinery Ltd

1962

Linotype Model No.4 made by Linotype & Machinery Ltd

1911

Early Linotype composing machine, 1892

1892

'Miehle' Printing Press

1899-1909

Linotype Bulldog Clips

Linotype Model 79

1959

Linotype Model 48 made by Linotype & Machinery Ltd

1935

Linecasting Maker's Plates

Linotype Model 50SM made by Linotype and Machinery Ltd

1926

Linotype Tray

1910-1940

0.25 linear metres

Posters of Linotype 785 for Fielden Park College

0.03 linear metres

Booklets relating to the Centurette two-revolution press

1 box and 1 loose item

Collection of Papers relating to Employment at Linotype & Machinery Ltd

0.04 linear metres

Manuals and Trade Literature for Linotype Machinery

12 items

Photographs and menu from Linotype & Machinery celebration dinners

2 packets and 1 folder containing 35 items

Booklets relating to Typography used by Typesetter Derek Manton

Matrices, slugs, cut plate, newspaper.

linotype parts

Six Linotype punch tapes; blue in colour.

Linotype Punch Tapes

Line casting machine. Has 4 panels not attached. Manufactured by Linotype, Cheshire.

Line Casting Machine

114

Linotype & Machinery Ltd Private Dinner menu

254

Linotype Sales Conference

190

The first post-war reunion dinner for Linotype Engineers in the London area at The Devereux

114

Photograph of Linotype Printing Department staff

Illustrated manual for Linotype machinery, also giving a history of Linotype. Linotype and Machinery Limited, 1964.

Linotype and Machinery Limited manual

Illustrated leaflet showing the manual and automatic versions of the press avaliable along with basic specifications for the machines.

Centurette - The Double Demy High-Speed Two-Revolution Press

Matrix slides offered a simple and speedy means of casting rules and ornamental borders.

Linotype Matrix Slides

Booklet containing details about the various types of apprenticeships the company offered to the apprentice.

Linotype Apprentice Training Schemes

204

Photograph of Linotype staff

168

Photograph of Linotype staff

162

Photograph of Alec Wetherall with colleagues

303

Photograph of Linotype staff

305

Photograph of Linotype staff

134

Photograph of Linotype staff

201

Photograph of Linotype staff

151

Publication - The Care and Adjustment of the L&M Roll-Back Stream Feeder

An illustrated handbook for the guidance of minders.

The Care and Adjustment of the Centurette