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The linotype machines were used to make small blocks of type used for the newspaper, to make it easier for typesetters to put the paper together. From left: Colin Furness; Unidentified; Andrew Dick; Ian Whitson; Clive Holms; Charlie O'Brien. The Manawatu Evening Standard, launched in 1880, was the first daily newspaper in Palmerston North.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Bc 339
Date
circa 1965
Digitisation ID
2009P_Bc339_BUI_2588
Held In
"Coolstore"

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machinery,
media,
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technology,
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Installing machinery into the Manawatu Evening Standard building, The Square
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