The Jaggers Chiles Stovall photos are spread over two pages:
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Thanks to Dan Williams for sending in these scans of an article from the September 1970 edition of "Graphic Southwest" describing long-established trade-typesetter Jaggers Chiles Stovall's move to new premises.
According to Dan, John F Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, worked at the company for a while. They produced some typesetting work for the US Government, giving conspiracy theorists a little fuel.
Fototronic Computer Typesetter
According to the article: "Among the new features of the J-C-S plant is the spacious 3,000 square-foot darkroom with expandable walls to grow as J-C-S continues to grow. These facilities are handling the production of two Fototronic typesetters, one a newly-installed model 1200 which is one of the latest installations in the entire country of the Intertype tape-driven composing machines.
Press-proofing of hot metal forms in the new amply-lighted plant. J-C-S is experiencing a new low in personnel turnover since moving to the new facility"
Go to Page 1, Page 2.A small selection of Letterpress Ebay listings appear below. A much bigger selection appears here. Linotype-related Ebay listings are here.
