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Linotype Machine

This is the original Rube Goldberg machine. How type was set back in the "olden" days, especially for newspapers.

 

If you have ever gotten into an argument with a linotype operator over how your marked-up manuscript should be set, you would fervently appreciate working with the software and computers of today.

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Uploaded on August 29, 2006
Taken on August 28, 2006