CABINET, TYPE

Description: CABINET IS OAK FRAME & PANELS C/W OPPOSITE FACING TYPE BANKS (2) & 48 CASES (DRAWERS) METAL RAILS FOR CASES C/W METAL PULLS "HAMILTON" ON EACH. EACH CASE HAS RECESSED GROOVE FOR LABEL. EACH TYPE BANK & TOP OF CABINET HAS LIP. TOP TYPE BANK MOUNTED WITH HEAVY GAUGE METAL. REVERSE SIDE HAS PLAIN PANELS & A ROW OF SLOTS FOR LEADS & SLUGS (EACH SLOT NUMBERED). EACH CASE IS PARTITIONED. LEFT SIDE HELD LOWER CASE, RIGHT SIDE UPPER CASE ALSO ASSORTMENT OF LEADS & SLUGS. WOOD INCLUDES OAK & FINE GRAINED WOOD SUCH AS BIRCH OR BEECH. 1 CABINET DRAWER (CASE) IS C/W LEAD, WOOD TYPE & PRINTERS CUTS. VARIOUS PENCIL MARKS, INITIALS, NAMES & DATES ON CASES. SOME DATED 1927 AT FACTORY.

History: HAMILTON MFG. CO. OF WISCONSIN U.S.A. IS AN IMPORTANT MAKER OF PRINTERS EQUIPMENT. *UPDATE TO RECORD (12/96). PLEASE NOTE: CURATOR CECILE MCCLEARY INDICATES THAT COLLECTION WAS A PURCHASE (BOS GRAPHICS), AND INCLUDES FURTHER PIECES NOT INDICATED ON THIS RECORD. THESE HAVE SINCE BEEN CATALOGUED UNDER THE NUMBERS P19960075001-GA TO P19960075074-GA, BUT ARE PART OF THE SAME COLLECTION. COLLECTION RANGE AND VALUE ARE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY ON THE NEW RECORDS, AS THESE WERE NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTATION. *UPDATE* IN 2010, NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING. SHE WAS UNABLE TO FIND CORRECT CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SANDY SHARPE.