Linotypist Brown Printing

Name/Title

Linotypist Brown Printing

Entry/Object ID

13.21.27

Description

Brown Printing Company Linotypist. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 6". Description: black and white glossy photo of an older man seated working, hands on keyboard, at a linotype machine at the Brown Printing Company.

Context

The definition of a linotypist is a person who operates a typesetting machine that makes a line of type into a single line of metal.

Made/Created

Date made

1987

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Create Date

April 27, 2021

Update Date

April 6, 2026