Cabinet, type case

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OBJECT TYPE: TYPE & SORTS
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.0680.001

MANUFACTURER: Campbell & Cameron
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN CABINET (OAK) & DRAWER FACES/ CEDAR DRAWER BACKINGS/ GALVANIZED TIN DRAWERS & CABINET BACKING/ BRASS DRAWER PULLS & LABEL HOLDERS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 78.1 cm
Width: 44.2 cm
Height: 133.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Printing
Category: Material storage
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Campbell Cameron
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: For storing several cases, or drawers, full of type.
Technical: USED BY TYPE FOUNDERS WHO CAST THEIR OWN SORTS, THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ANY EARLY 20TH C. STYLE OF STORAGE CABINET. ORIGINALLY MADE OF WOOD, THEY WERE LATER REPLACED BY ALL METAL CABINETS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 'A626' & '1' PAINTED IN WHITE ON LOWER CABINET FRONT
Missing: 4 DRAWER FACES HAVE PORTIONS OF WOOD MISSING
Finish: CLEAR VARNISH
Decoration: WHITE GUMMED PAPER LABELS AFFIXED TO SOME DRAWERS/ BROWN PAPER LABELS WITH PRINTED DRAWER NOS. IN LABEL HOLDERS

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Campbell & Cameron, Cabinet, type case, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1981.0680, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0680.001/

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