A newspaper linotype operator sets type in hot-metal before the onset of photocomposition.

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The operator is sitting at the keyboard of an Intertype machine. The machines were either Intertype or Linotype, but the latter name came to be used in general for all the machines in use

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Size: 4300px × 3910px
Location: BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
Photo credit: © Alan Williams / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: Yes

Keywords: 1970s, antimony, hair, hot, intertype, jeans, journal, keyboard, lead, linotype, long, magazines, matrix, metal, newspaper, printing, production., technology, tin, working