From The Pueblo Chieftain February 28, 1931, page 13 Saturday Morning. This is a wonderful example of a newspaper flong. A look back in history. A description of a flong is given below.
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.
Look at the prices things were sold for back in 1931. Several Advertisements populate this page from the Pueblo Chieftain in Colorado. Below are some highlights from this page.
>> Article "Man Sues Railroad"
>> Article "Woman Fined On Rum Count"
>> Arapahoe Shop of Pueblo over a half page grocery and bakery advertisement. Look at those prices!
>> Crouch Brothers Grocery & Meat Co. advertisement.
>> Pueblo Flour Mills advertisement
>> Herman's ad
This is a partial list.
This item measures 21 x 19 inches. it is in very good condition with no tears or holes. There is a bent corner at the bottom left that is out of the typeset area. It is actually in the outer margin or believe what is called the gutter, on the flong that we framed here at our shop I trimmed off this entire area as it is just empty space between pages. 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 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"
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Product code: The newest Pueblo Chieftain 1931 - Newspaper Flong - Features Large Advertisements and News