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OTD 12 October 1789

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William Collins, founder of the Glasgow printing and publishing house, was born.

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Watson Trust

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11 June 1825 The first issue of The Glasgow Looking Glass was published by John Watson in Glasgow. It pioneered the use of the relatively  new lithographic printing process, and has been described as the world’s first comic.

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