Iowa Heritage Digital Collections
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Kim Merker setting type at Windhover Press, The University of Iowa, 1970s

Kim Merker setting type at Windhover Press, The University of Iowa, 1970s

Windhover Press was founded in 1968 as the first University fine press; it produced limited editions that were themselves works of art.
Men with typesetting machines in Close Hall, The University of Iowa, 1920s

Men with typesetting machines in Close Hall, The University of Iowa, 1920s

Close Hall was dedicated in 1890 and located on the northwest corner of Dubuque Street and Iowa Avenue, the present location of the Biology Building. It housed the Journalism Department before being damaged by fire in 1940 and later demolished.
Movable type on composing stick, The University of Iowa, 1920s

Movable type on composing stick, The University of Iowa, 1920s

Print shop, The University of Iowa, 1940s?

Print shop, The University of Iowa, 1940s?

Printing the Daily Iowan in Schaeffer Hall, The University of Iowa, 1910s

Printing the Daily Iowan in Schaeffer Hall, The University of Iowa, 1910s

Student at typesetting machine in Close Hall, The University of Iowa, 1920s

Student at typesetting machine in Close Hall, The University of Iowa, 1920s

Typesetting, The University of Iowa, 1950s

Typesetting, The University of Iowa, 1950s

Typesetting is the composition of text by means of types.
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