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PICTORIAL OVERVIEW, 2001 Visit the Museum's HOME PAGE at www.BalanceResearch.com/museum/ Our 1926 Linotype Model 14, which was in use in the Museum at Parker Street until 1999. Some printmakers using the Museum’s Access Studio ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION “Manufacturers’ Bottle Co. of Victoria” An example of hand typesetting. Around 1960. Hand tools: a variety of composing sticks. ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION Press, platen, hand, Adana 2HS. Previously used by Michael Isaachsen from 1952 ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION Typesetter Monophoto. A transitional adaptation of the Monotype hot-metal composition machine. From the same keyboard system and paper tape, this machine produced litho film instead of metal types. ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION Monotype Typecasting machines. Awaiting installation at the Museum’s temporary premises. Carton, trade, ca 1960. Collies Inks [reverse] Ink, printing, in collapsible tube packages (2) Collie brand: close-up of labels. (ca 1960) Racks, storage for printers’ furniture (2). (left) x5 empty, (right) x10 full. [x10 means there is capacity for 10 pieces of furniture of each size.] “Furniture” (printers’ spacing strips), wooden asst pieces in front of rack - stampings visible (identifying length of strip). ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION “Furniture”, cast iron, locked in as part of a forme. Size legends are cast into each piece. An assortment of types: Linotype slugs, foundry type, Monotype, wooden (poster) type, Ludlow slugs. An assortment of founts: Monotype composition matrix set, Monotype Display matrices, Thompson Display mats, Ludlow mats, Lino mats, small (10pt) Mono handset fount (tied up), larger (18pt) Monotype types (Greek). Data Entry Keyboard. An industry transition device which allowed Linotype operators to enter text to a computer system using their familiar “etaoin” layout. An example from the Museum’s “Library of Books as Artefacts”. This library is not concerned with author or subject matter, but where and how the books (and ephemera) were printed. Some goods in the Museum’s temporary store, waiting their next move. FROM THE MUSEUM’S OFFICE MACHINE COLLECTION: Duplicator, stencil, Gestetner ca 1930, with steel lid. Calculator, hand-crank.SWEDA, ca 1930 ENLARGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION Chequewriter, ca 1930, USA