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- Linotype Composing Machine, circa 1915 - Invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler in 1886, the Linotype machine revolutionized the printing industry. Instead of setting individual pieces of type by hand, printers operated the Linotype's keyboard to assemble a mould of an entire line of type. The machine then cast the entire line in type metal and printers assembled individual lines of type into full pages.
- circa 1915
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Linotype Composing Machine, circa 1915
Invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler in 1886, the Linotype machine revolutionized the printing industry. Instead of setting individual pieces of type by hand, printers operated the Linotype's keyboard to assemble a mould of an entire line of type. The machine then cast the entire line in type metal and printers assembled individual lines of type into full pages.
- Linotype Composing Machine, circa 1923 - Invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler in 1886, the Linotype machine revolutionized the printing industry. Instead of setting individual pieces of type by hand, printers operated the Linotype's keyboard to assemble a mould of an entire line of type. The machine then cast the entire line in type metal and printers assembled individual lines of type into full pages.
- circa 1923
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Linotype Composing Machine, circa 1923
Invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler in 1886, the Linotype machine revolutionized the printing industry. Instead of setting individual pieces of type by hand, printers operated the Linotype's keyboard to assemble a mould of an entire line of type. The machine then cast the entire line in type metal and printers assembled individual lines of type into full pages.
- Typograph Composing Machine, 1907-1912 - In 1884, the labor of hand-setting type was reduced with the introduction of hot-type composing machines. A QWERTY keyboard on the Typograph was used to assemble one full line of type. The machine cast the type in metal, and printers assembled lines into full pages. The Typograph factored into a "linecaster war," threatened with patent infringement upon the Mergenthaler Linotype.
- 1907-1912
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Typograph Composing Machine, 1907-1912
In 1884, the labor of hand-setting type was reduced with the introduction of hot-type composing machines. A QWERTY keyboard on the Typograph was used to assemble one full line of type. The machine cast the type in metal, and printers assembled lines into full pages. The Typograph factored into a "linecaster war," threatened with patent infringement upon the Mergenthaler Linotype.
- Sounds of America Gallery (Foster Memorial) - This house was originally located in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, the town where composer Stephen Foster was born. When it was brought to Greenfield Village in 1934, the home was thought to be Foster's birthplace. Now called <em>The Sounds of America Gallery</em>, it houses a display of musical instruments.
- circa 1830
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Sounds of America Gallery (Foster Memorial)
This house was originally located in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, the town where composer Stephen Foster was born. When it was brought to Greenfield Village in 1934, the home was thought to be Foster's birthplace. Now called The Sounds of America Gallery, it houses a display of musical instruments.
- Composer Stephen C. Foster, circa 1855 - This portrait carte-de-visite shows songwriter Stephen C. Foster, known as the "father of American music." The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Americans collected and exchanged cartes-de-visite--most popular from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s--to commemorate family members or celebrities.
- circa 1855
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Composer Stephen C. Foster, circa 1855
This portrait carte-de-visite shows songwriter Stephen C. Foster, known as the "father of American music." The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Americans collected and exchanged cartes-de-visite--most popular from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s--to commemorate family members or celebrities.