Stereotype Plate for The Shelbyville News

Name/Title

Stereotype Plate for The Shelbyville News

Description

Metal chase with Linotype Slugs from The Shelbyville News. The sterotype may have been part of the Goss communitry press system, installed in 1973. Its six printing units and balloon folder made it possible to produce a 24-page paper with a capacity of 18,500 copies per hour. Prior to the Goss community press, the office used two sterotype presses twinned together.

Collection

The Shelbyville News

Acquisition

Accession

2021.003

Source or Donor

The Shelbyville News

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

Jan 30, 1973

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Create Date

May 26, 2021

Update Date

May 26, 2021