International Printing Museum Tour: The 19th-century Country Newspaper Shop

Part 3: The 19th-century Country Newspaper Shop The International Printing Museum’s curator, Mark Barbour, takes you on a working tour of the museum’s galleries. He highlights the history of printing from the Chinese invention and Gutenberg’s development of typecasting to Ben Franklin’s colonial printing shop. You will also see the workings of a 19th-century country newspaper shop including a platen press, and experience unique typecasting machines such as the Linotype. Part 1: Introduction to Printing: https://youtu.be/YNm048hspj8 Part 2: The Gutenberg Press:https://youtu.be/lbV7Y8NddNg Part 3: The 19th-century Country Newspaper Shop: https://youtu.be/ORL11tl4LTA Part 4: The Linotype & the Typesetting Race: https://youtu.be/5n5JQrN8qx4 International Printing Museum 315 W. Torrance Blvd. Carson, CA 90745 https://www.printmuseum.org If you enjoyed this content and want to support the conservation and education of printing history please contribute to The International Printing Museum at https://www.printmuseum.org/support/donate/