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Old Fortean Newspaper Reports

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Found this unexpectedly and seems to date from 1868?

Genuine?

Need to zoom in...

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The colored printing is a certain sign of modern production.

I thought that too, but then I've seen hand-tinted documents of the era.

Though that would be an outside possibility.
 
I thought that too, but then I've seen hand-tinted documents of the era.
Though that would be an outside possibility.

True, but ... The sample isn't hand-tinted.

You can't get that precise a color fill or color border on typography, nor that rich and uniform a color presentation, on a mid 19th century printing press of the sorts used to mass-produce newspapers or broadsheets.

It could only be done at the time with lithography, which was limited to the production of framed prints (e.g., Currier & Ives) and posters.
 
Well, it might be time to wheel out a REAL Fortean newspaper clipping! ;)
 
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