Curle Printing Museum

08/29/2018

Here is a description of the Curle Matrix Anvil. This was an invention of George Curle to repair the matrices used on the Linotype machines. Curle Printing had two Linotypes.

12/15/2015

Just posted on the Curle Printing FB page.

This is a postcard advertising a new kind of print shop from Bob Curle, owner of Curle Printing.
Action Printing opened at 7516 Lyndale Ave S in Richfield MN. It offered quality offset printing at a reasonable cost.

12/15/2015

This is a postcard advertising a new kind of print shop from Bob Curle, owner of Curle Printing.
Action Printing opened at 7516 Lyndale Ave S in Richfield MN. It offered quality offset printing at a reasonable cost.

08/10/2014

Here is a photo of a Linotype at the original location at 3302 W 44th Street.

07/27/2014

Here is my Dad taking a short break before hitting the books. In the background is either Mom or Genevieve (Pete) Wood, Terry Wood 's Mom.

03/23/2010

Here is a link my brother Dave found. It's the patent that our Grandfather had for repairing a matrix from a Linotype machine.

02/27/2010

During the 1960s Curle Printing installed it's own pop machine. Here are some of the pop bottles left over from that time period.

02/27/2010

My Grandfather George Curle was the President of the NW Mechanical Conference dedicated to the advancement of the Linotype in the printing industry. His term was from 1941-42.

02/07/2010

This was the duplex home of George and Judy Curle. The second floor was home to Bob and Dorothy Curle and their first born Don. I lived here from 1951 to 1955.

The home was just north of 44th and Zenith and right around the corner from the original 1949 site of Curle Printing.

02/07/2010

This album will be a collection of photos from the history of Curle Printing including family and friends.

02/06/2010

Curle Printing Today- I haved added photos to the Photo History album. These are photos of what it looks like today.

01/29/2010

Here is one of the streetcars that ran along W 44th Street down to Lake Harriet and Calhoun and ending up in downtown Minneapolis. The Lake Harriet Bandshell is in the background. The trolleys now run from the Linden Hills station to Lake Calhoun during the summer months.