Minneapolis Star Tribune Letterpress Plate

May 13, 2023

Minneapolis Star Print Plates — This letterpress plate, used by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, exemplifies the foundational technology of 20th-century newspaper production. The raised, reversed text on the plate would be inked and pressed onto paper to create printed pages, a process essential for the mass dissemination of news. Such plates were integral to the operations of printing facilities like the Heritage Center Manufacturing Facility in Minneapolis, which supported the daily distribution of information to a large readership.

Photo taken in May 2023.

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