Sub-sub-fonds 8 - Objects commemorating the end of hot metal printing

Identity area

Reference code

GUA/12/4/8

Title

Objects commemorating the end of hot metal printing

Date(s)

  • 1987 (Creation)

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Sub-sub-fonds

Extent and medium

c4 objects

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Archival history

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Scope and content

Objects made or collected to mark the demise of the hot metal system for production of the Guardian newspaper. When the Guardian stopped printing the paper using lead type, the printers held a mock funeral to mark the end of an era.

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Conditions governing access

Researcher access to objects is at the discretion of the archivists, and dependant on condition and current location.

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      Open(part)

      Closed until

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      Status

      Catalogued

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