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Farewell ETAOIN SHRDLU

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston

Directed by David Loeb Weiss(1980, PG, 30 min.) The 1980 film by Carl Schlesinger and David Loeb Weiss shows the remarkable nightly production process for a daily newspaper and the changes to come with the transition computers.  The title ‘etaoin shrdlu’ refers the words made by the letters of the first two columns of a […]

Free

Linotype: The Film

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston

Directed by Douglas Wilson(2012, PG, 76 min.) Linotype: The Film tells the charming and emotional story of the people connected to the type-casting machine that Thomas Edison called the "Eighth Wonder of the World."   Free with Museum admission. General admission is free for members. Become a member today!

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Farewell ETAOIN SHRDLU

The Printing Museum 3121 San Jacinto St., Houston

Directed by David Loeb Weiss(1980, PG, 30 min.) The 1980 film by Carl Schlesinger and David Loeb Weiss shows the remarkable nightly production process for a daily newspaper and the changes to come with the transition computers.  The title ‘etaoin shrdlu’ refers the words made by the letters of the first two columns of a […]

Free