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Caster operator making up pages of type at Speedspools, Edinburgh
Description: Photograph of the 'Speedspools' workshop owned by Harry McIntosh showing Larry Wilson (caster operator) making up pages for an Anthony Trollops book for the folio society.
Further Notes: The compositor composes type; he makes up type into lines and / or pages.
History: The image shows work undertaken at Speedspools workshop at Gayfield Place, Edinburgh.
Edinburgh City of Print is a joint project between Edinburgh City Museums and the Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History Records (SAPPHIRE). The project aims to catalogue and make accessible the wealth of printing collections held by Edinburgh City Museums. For more information about the project please visit www.edinburghcityofprint.org
Caster operator making up pages of type at Speedspools, Edinburgh
Description: Photograph of the 'Speedspools' workshop owned by Harry McIntosh showing Larry Wilson (caster operator) making up pages for an Anthony Trollops book for the folio society.
Further Notes: The compositor composes type; he makes up type into lines and / or pages.
History: The image shows work undertaken at Speedspools workshop at Gayfield Place, Edinburgh.
Edinburgh City of Print is a joint project between Edinburgh City Museums and the Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History Records (SAPPHIRE). The project aims to catalogue and make accessible the wealth of printing collections held by Edinburgh City Museums. For more information about the project please visit www.edinburghcityofprint.org