Linotype machine used by The Chicago Defender
date: label: Date
content: 1902-1906
name: label: Created by
content: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, American, founded 1886
label: Used by
content: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
notes: label: Description
content: A Linotype, Model 3 No. 41156R manufactured by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company and used by the Chicago Defender. The linotype is black metal with lead and has a keyboard, vise, and distributor.
place: label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Technology
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Exhibition
content: Power of Place
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.18.1
objectType: label: Type
content: type composition equipment
label: Type
content: printing presses
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal with lead
label: Dimensions
content: Overall with Weight: 96 × 60 × 60 in., 3000 lb. (243.8 × 152.4 × 152.4 cm, 1360.8 kg)