Relevant Links
The “Trade” that many of us entered in awe of the people and machinery is now committed to history. Below are some links that may be of interest to all the people who worked in or were associated with the “Trade”.
- Printing History. We received this website from a librarian, in Wyoming, who said that they had a program for children teaching them the history of printing. The children suggested that we add this link to our relevant links.
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- Linotype, the Film: A site devoted entirely to the Linotype, where you can buy a DVD on the subject.
- History of Newspaper/Typographical Union: An article first published in the July/August 2003 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.
- International Printing Museum in Las Vegas, NV.
- U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) unpublished historical article covering the tenure of Danford L. Sawyer, Jr., as GPO Public Printer (this is a draft of documents relating to Sawyer's time as Public Printer. For those of us who lived through this time it's best to peruse the first part and get to where the turmoil starts)
- History of Judd & Detweiler and the printing of the National Geographic magazine
- Labor Department finally closes a loophole favoring union-busters — after 57 years from the LA Times, dated March 23, 2016