03 Penrith Museum of Printing - PENRITH, NSW
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We visit the Penrith Museum of Printing and find out how the Sydney Morning Herald was printed from its beginning in 1831 to now.
Museum president Bob Lockley gives us a tour of the fully operational machinery and tells us about the history of the printing press and the relevance of the printing and typography trades today.
Video examples (of varying quality) of the machines spoken about in this episode:
- Linotype machine (inter type): https://youtu.be/MN0N8OgljA0?t=43
- Ludlow machine: https://youtu.be/DI-xZdVdyyM?t=48
- Chandler & Price machine: https://youtu.be/7ruDo8BT7k4?t=138
- Wharfedale machine: https://youtu.be/WHOtaGGQh4w
- Arab machine: https://youtu.be/m--awJqwomo
Printing press ASMR (yes omg it’s a thing!): https://youtu.be/a5UFos_ysz8
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