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Reference code
GUA/12/10/1/5
Title
Composing stick
Date(s)
- c1940 (Creation)
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Item
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
12 inch 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. In newspaper pri
Production place: Unknown
Materials: Metal
Colour: Silver
Condition: Fair
Dimensions: 300mm x 52mm
Completeness: Missing box
Creator: Unknown
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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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Catalogued