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Last of the old wooden type finds value in retreating trade
F H Henry of McKinney, a 63 year old printer who quit his trade, preserves the nation’s largest antique wooden type collection. He travels coast to coast seeking scarce trays and copper coated cuts amid fading demand for hand carved type once used from 1828 to 1900.
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Henry
Colorado
Kansas
Old
Mexico
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Ohio