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Date(s)
- c1940 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 object(s)
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Archival history
D.C.L Pullin, a former composition apprentice donated a number of objects to the Guardian in 1993
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Scope and content
10 inch whippet pattern composing stick. In letterpress printing and typesetting, a composing stick is a tool used to assemble pieces of metal type into words and lines, which are then transferred to a galley before being locked into a forme and printed.
Production place: London, UK
Materials: Metal; Card
Colour: Silver; Brown; Blue
Condition: Poor
Dimensions: Box: 20mm x 265mm x 65mm
Completeness: Complete
Inscription: Box: "Haddon's Composing Stick; 10 INCH Whippet Pattern.; JOHN HADDON & Co.,; MADE IN ENGLAND, Salisbury Square, London, E.C.4."
Creator: John Haddon & Co
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Researcher access to objects is at the discretion of the archivists, and dependant on condition and current location.
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Access Status
Open(part)