Linotype machine used by The Chicago Defender

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On View: Power of Place Gallery; Museum Maps; Objects in this Location

Exhibition: Power of Place

Created by: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, American, founded 1886
Used by: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905

Date: 1902-1906

Medium: metal with lead
Dimensions: Overall with Weight: 96 × 60 × 60 in., 3000 lb. (243.8 × 152.4 × 152.4 cm, 1360.8 kg)

Description: A Linotype, Model 3 No. 41156R manufactured by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company and used by the Chicago Defender. The linotype is black metal with lead and has a keyboard, vise, and distributor.

Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Place made: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Classification: Tools and Equipment-Occupational

Type: type composition equipment; printing presses

Topic: Black Press; Business; Communication; Mass media; Technology

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company

Object number: 2012.18.1

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Linotype machine used by The Chicago Defender