International Printing Museum Tour: The Linotype & the Typesetting Race

Part 4: The Linotype & the Typesetting Race

The International Printing Museum’s curator, Mark Barbour, takes you on a working tour of the museum’s galleries. He highlights the history of printing from the Chinese invention and Gutenberg’s development of typecasting to Ben Franklin’s colonial printing shop. You will also see the workings of a 19th-century country newspaper shop including a platen press, and experience unique typecasting machines such as the Linotype. Part 1: Introduction to Printing:    • International Pri...   Part 2: The Gutenberg Press:   • International Pri...   Part 3: The 19th-century Country Newspaper Shop:    • International Pri...   International Printing Museum 315 W. Torrance Blvd. Carson, CA 90745 https://www.printmuseum.org