Stereotype of Joe Palooka from May 8, 1942
This is a type height (0.918") stereotype plate of the comic strip Joe Palooka as appeared on May 8, 1942. The plate was cast from a flong at a newspaper, but it's a rare example of the type-height plate (which weighs nearly 6 pounds at 8 by 2.25 inches) not being melted down after the page was assembled, and *another* flong was made to cast the curved plate for printing. It’s unknown why this plate survived.
(Higher resolution image updated on 10 July 2022)
Stereotype of Joe Palooka from May 8, 1942
This is a type height (0.918") stereotype plate of the comic strip Joe Palooka as appeared on May 8, 1942. The plate was cast from a flong at a newspaper, but it's a rare example of the type-height plate (which weighs nearly 6 pounds at 8 by 2.25 inches) not being melted down after the page was assembled, and *another* flong was made to cast the curved plate for printing. It’s unknown why this plate survived.
(Higher resolution image updated on 10 July 2022)