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Alex Wright

@alexwright.com
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Author of Empire of Ink (Basic Books, 2026) Writer + designer exploring the deep history of media, technology, and the information economy

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Alex Wright @alexwright.com · 12/11/2025
Feeling stoked about my latest acquisition: an antique Kelsey Excelsior press, with mini type case. Would you believe these things used to sell for five dollars back in the 1890s? The Victorian equivalent of a cheap inkjet printer.
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Alex Wright @alexwright.com · 15/06/2025
Getting our march on.
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Alex Wright @alexwright.com · 23/12/2024
A few pics from a morning well spent at the Museum of Printing in Haverhill, Massachusetts—a wonderland of old prints, presses, and assorted typographical gewgaws. Also one of the last places on earth where you can still see a working Linotype! www.museumofprinting.org
Cottrell Printing Press (1800s), Museum of PrintingCollection of printing casts, Museum of Printing.
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