Inherited 26 1865 New York Herald Lincoln Assassination Newspapers

[BettyO]

Quote:Quick Question? How did they put the letters on the paper back then?? They didn't have a typewriter did they..I see letterheads coming through the paper almost in most every edition here and was really wondering how exactly they did the papers back then?

They used movable type printing press - which was inked and then printed on rag (paper) - i.e. "The rotary printing press was invented by Richard March Hoe in 1843. It uses impressions curved around a cylinder to print on long continuous rolls of paper or other substrates. Rotary drum printing was later significantly improved by William Bullock." - Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_printing_press)