Historic Page of Headlines hotsell - Newspaper Flong - Pueblo Colorado 1931

From The Pueblo Chieftain March 25, 1931 page 8 Sunday Morning. This is great page for a newspaper flong. There are a lot of interesting events and news stories featured.

NOTE: There is also a photo of a framed flong to show as an example of how it would look if framed. We framed one for ourselves and it gets lots of attention and comments. These flongs do not come framed.

A description of a flong is given below.

Close up photographs of some of the items are included for you to see or read. This is what was printed in the newspaper that day. Some of the highlights in brief are listed below:

>> Arrests Break Up Gang Of Rustlers (cont)

>> Owner Of Big Still Object Of Searchers - hunting for a whiskey still

>> Daring Rescue Saves Cripple Creek Miner

>> Body Is Carried Half Mile Thru 4 Ft Snow

>> Several large advertisement panels

NOTE: all the phone numbers are just 4 digits.

This flong is loaded with interesting headings and stories.

This is a partial list.

This item measures 21 x 19 inches. it is in very good condition with no tears or holes. These are made of a paper pulp product, it is not fragile and will flex and bend some but not enough to mail in a tube. These will be sent flat and well packaged.

We have used a soft brush to clear surface dust from the surface before photographing. We have not attempted to clean any of these beyond that light brushing. Some as you can see in the photos will have some smudges, or pencil marks from production. All of the flongs have some small strips of padding in places on the backside. These small pieces were placed in open areas to help maintain the levelness of the flong during the casting of the stereotype plate.

These were discovered in an old homestead near Pueblo, Colorado. They had been placed inside an exterior wall for insulation. None of the ones offered here have any nail holes or damage. These were the best of the all of them.

What is a flong?

In relief printing, a flong is a temporary negative mould made of a form of set type. To make a plate or metal stereotype of the set type to run on the printing press a negative mold is made of a paper pulp mixture of the form. The paper flong is then placed in a casting frame and molten metal is then poured in to make a duplicate of hotsell the original set type that was attached to the printing press.

The flongs could only be used for a limited number of castings and were usually kept for a short period incase the another casting had to be made because of either damage to the first or in case of re-running the story. There was no need to keep these and most have been destroyed.

Each one of these is a one of a kind as the only reason to make a second one was if the first one got destroyed.

Framed these make very interesting industrial art. The image on a flong is readable not mirrored or reversed like the original set type. You can read every entry easily.

I have a small inventory of these flongs and will be processing the listings and photos promptly. You may view these by returning to our main page (link below) and check the section titled "Newspaper Flongs"

I welcome any questions on any of my items.

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