FarewellEtaoinShrdlu

>It has the last master plate, and some photos of how it all looked on the last day. There is a photo of a technician sweeping up on presumably the last day before the plant was shut down. He looked distraught There's a pretty good documentary showing the last day of linotype typesetting at the New York Times. ▶ this video

There’s a neat documentary from the late 1970’s, “Farewell etaoin shrdlu”. It’s about the final day the New York Times was printed using their linotype machines. ▶ this video

There are lots of videos of Linotypes on YouTube. Really interesting stuff. This one is my favorite: ▶ this video

As an aside, check out the 30 minute documentary "Farewell Etaoin Shrdlu" ( ▶ this video ) about the end of the linotype era. I'm amazed at the engineering that went into linotype printing.

When I was a ten year old kid in 1973 my school did a tour. I remember looking at some programs running on green-screen terminals, and the guy doing the demo typed in commands using the keyword FOR so I assume it was all Fortran back then. You can get a rough idea if you watch this... ▶ this video

Somewhat related - there's a good documentary about the last edition of the New York Times published using the linotype process called "Farewell Etaoin Shrdlu" [1]. [1] ▶ this video

If you want to see the entire workflow as implemented by the New York Times there is a great documentary about it. ▶ this video The documentary covers the last day that the NYT used a metal/linotype press and talks through the entire process that happened from newsroom to printing. It is a truly interesting way to spend 28 minutes.