1946 - ? Chicago. David L. Kreiter, B.J. Acquired Neon in 1959; moved it to Chicago and ran it as a named division. Acquired Missouri-Central. Castcraft's display mats were acquired by the late John Hern (thence to Skyline Type Foundry). Küco casters and foundry matrices acquired by Gregory J. Walters Gregory J. Walters in 2008.
Typefounders of Chicago also sold type imported by Continental Amsterdam
Typefounders of Chicago Catalog
Catalog / (Chicago: Typefounders of Chicago, [no date]) Also lists type imported by Continental Amsterdam (pp. 30-32). Also sorts and line service (p. 33-40).
The object drawin in red in the upper left corner of the cover of this catalog is a matrix carrier and matrix holder assembly for a Thompson Typecaster.
Thanks are due to Jenny Addison, Prop. Lock and Key Press for making this available.
Neon Type Division, 1962
Type Specimens by Neon Type Division, Typefounders of Chicago (Chicago: Typefounders of Chicago, 1962) Uploaded in two parts
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