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OBJECT TYPE: newspaper/single page
DATE: 1978
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1979.0021.001

MANUFACTURER: SHING-WAH DAILY NEWS
MODEL: Shing Wah Daily News September 8, 1978
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal type; electrotypes are copper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 53.4 cm
Width: 41.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Image carriers
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: SHING WAH
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: September 8, 1978 only.
Canada: This form is that which printed the last front page of the Shing Wah Daily News to be reproduced by letterpress. It was printed on September 8, 1978: please see issue in Oversize Supp. Info. 1979.0017; photocopy of front page only in Supp. Info. file 1979.0021 The Cox-Duplex press used [1979.0017] was replaced by offset machinery and on September 9th, the first off-set issue was run: please see this issue, also in Oversize Supp. Info. 1979.0017
Function: Fully composed and locked-up newspaper front page, ready for imposition on press and actual printing.
Technical: This form was composed by hand for the September 8, 1978 issue. It was the last newspaper to be set exclusively by hand at the Shing Wah. It is locked in a Duplex press chase [1979.0022].
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " PAG[blank] 1 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8 1978 SHING WAH DAILY NEWS [Chinese character grouping] [Chinese character grouping] [Chinese character grouping] [Chinese character grouping]" appear on top edge of form.
Missing: Some of the display type was removed by compositors at the Shing Wah and replaced by slugs, etc. From CA of 11/16/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
Finish: Dull, dark metal and bright copper plates; bright goldtone metal borders majority of form.
Decoration: N/A

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