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  • Title
    Linotype Printer Operator's Collection of Records Relating to his Employment
  • Reference
    YA2003.15
  • Production date
    01-01-1962 - 31-12-1987
  • Creator
    • The Daily MailBiography
  • Scope and Content
    33 items, comprising photographs, postcards, photocopies of publications, employment documents of W M Dale, copies of the Daily Mail and other newspapers, relating to the Linotype 78 hot-metal linecasting machine, made by Linotype and Machinery Ltd, Altrincham, in the early 1960s and used by Malcolm Dale at the Daily Mail newspaper offices, Hardman Street, Manchester, 1962 -1987.
  • Extent
    0.5 linear metres
  • Language
    English
  • Archival history
    Documents associated with the Linotype Machine (collection ref. Y2003.15) purchased by the Science and Industry Museum from William Malcolm Dale. Dale had operated the Linotype 78 Linecasting Machine in his work for the Daily Mail at its Hardman Street site in Manchester.
  • Level of description
    TOP
  • Repository name
    Science and Industry Museum
  • Associated people and organisations
    • Dale, William MalcolmBiography
    • The Daily MailBiography
    • Linotype and Machinery LimitedBiography
  • Subject
  • Conditions governing access
    Open access.
  • Conditions governing Reproduction
    Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.
  • External document
  • Finding aids
    Box list available.
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