Catalogue Number
NBS I/D 301
Object Name
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Title
N.G.A. THE SUN NEWS OF THE WORLD STEREO CHAPEL
Place
England & UK
Date
c.1980
Creator(s)
NBS National Museum of Labour HistoryNBS National Museum of Labour History
Description
Probably made in 1979 to mark the tenth anniversary of the 'Sun Stereo Chapel' which was established when Rupert Murdoch launched the new tabloid newspaper in 1969.
" Stereo" is short for stereotype, and refers to the section of the newspaper industry that produced cast-metal printing plates (stereotype); Chapel refers to the members of a trade union working in a particular newspaper.
Materials: Ground of white cotton or polyester rep border with braid of synthetic fibre,
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