Printing Plate [The Auckland Star]
Maker and role
The Auckland Star, Maker
Production date
1970s
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Object detail
Accession number
2013.32
Maker
Description
Brass masthead printing plate with text 'The Auckland Star' in mirrored gothic script. Plate is a long rectangular shape with a smooth, flat reverse. There are three drill holes, positioned at the front and back end of the 'AUCKLAND' for affixing plate to machine.
Brief History
This masthead printing plate for the Auckland Star was made in brass to endure repeat printings, three editions per day, six days a week, unlike the type which was made of lead. Brass plates such as this one would last 10-15 years. The heavy gothic script used in this example was typical of newspaper mastheads of this era.
The Auckland Star was an evening daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 March 1870 to 16 August 1991. Survived by its Sunday edition, the Sunday Star, part of its name endures in The Sunday Star-Times, created in the 1994 merger of the Dominion Sunday Times and the Sunday Star. Originally published as the Evening Star from 24 March 1870 to 7 March 1879, the paper continued as the Auckland Evening Star between 8 March 1879 and 12 April 1887, and from then on as the Auckland Star.
The Auckland Star was an evening daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 March 1870 to 16 August 1991. Survived by its Sunday edition, the Sunday Star, part of its name endures in The Sunday Star-Times, created in the 1994 merger of the Dominion Sunday Times and the Sunday Star. Originally published as the Evening Star from 24 March 1870 to 7 March 1879, the paper continued as the Auckland Evening Star between 8 March 1879 and 12 April 1887, and from then on as the Auckland Star.
Marks
The Auckland Star Embossed
Media/Materials
Credit Line
The Auckland Star. 1970s. Printing Plate [The Auckland Star], 2013.32. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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