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Object name(s):
type
Brief description:
printer's trolley containing a page of hot metal type locked in a chase used to print the front page of the Wiltshire Times Friday 21st November 1986 by The Wiltshire Times, Duke Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Collection:
Trowbridge Museum
Acquisition date:
20.4.1990
Acquisition method:
gift
Acquisition reference number:
DEP371
Associated concept:
trade
Associated concept:
printer
Condition:
fair
Material:
metal
Object name:
type
Object number:
TRWBM:1990.426
Object production date:
21.11.1986
Object production note:
the last paper printed from hot metal type
Object production person:
Wiltshire Times
Person's association:
printer
Object production place:
Wiltshire
Place status:
County
Object production place:
Trowbridge
Place status:
Parish

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/16b7e7ec-0218-3d21-a6be-84a1a8a3e20b

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/16b7e7ec-0218-3d21-a6be-84a1a8a3e20b, Trowbridge Museum, CC BY

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