Ottmar Mergenthaler (c. 1912)

ID: 738 ~ Source: George Iles, "Leading American Inventors," University of Connecticut Libraries ~ Date: c. 1912

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A photograph of Ottmar Mergenthaler, inventor of the linotype.

This file appears in: Ottmar Mergenthaler at 159 West Lanvale Street

Ottmar Mergenthaler at 159 West Lanvale Street

Ottmar Mergenthaler was only 18 years old when he immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1872 to work with his cousin August Hahl at his machine shop in Washington, D.C. Four years later,…