General Information

Serial #

57446

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD (ASH)/ STEEL DRAWER HANDLES

Dimensions

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

Length

98.0 cm

Width

66.0 cm

Height

133.0 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

Hamilton

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Wisconsin

City

Two Rivers

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY FROM THE 1930'S TO THE 1980'S

Canada

NONE SPECIFIC. HAMILTON MFG. PRODUCTS WERE AVAILABLE AND COMMONLY USED ACROSS CANADA.

Function

USED AS A COMPOSITOR'S WORK BENCH AT WHICH A GROUP OF USERS CAN COMPLETE COMPOSITION WORK, I.E. MITERING, CUTTING LEADS; AND SETTING AUXILIARY TYPES, I.E. BORDER, MISC. FIGURES, SYMBOLS, SPACING ETC.

Technical

INTEGRAL PART OF THE 'CUT-COST' SYSTEM FOR INCREASING COMPOSING ROOM EFFICIENCY. USED CENTRALLY TO COMPOSING FRAMES, THIS BENCH IN CONJUNCTION WITH A JUSTIFYING MATERIALS CABINET, REDUCED THE NEED FOR SINGLE PURPOSE CABINETS, CENTRALIZED MATERIALS, REDUCEDMOTION & INCREASED WORK AREA BOTH AT FRAME & WORKBENCH & POSSIBLE NUMBER OF WORKERS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'HAMILTON' MOLDED IN ALL DRAWER PULLS/ NUMBER PLATES ON EACH DRAWER/ MFG. PLATE ON FRONT: 'WOOD/ [?]/ STEEL/ NO. 5776/ THE HAMILTON MFG. CO./ TWO RIVERS, WIS./ MADE IN U.S.A.'

Missing

SCRAP PAN MISSING FROM WELL/ WOODEN STRIP MISSING FROM TOP From CA of 03/26/1998 by Tony Missio: Yes - Missing p. right moulding from angled top, horizontal strip between bottom 2 rows of front drawers, strips below top 3 drawer at rear of proper right side

Finish

VARNISHED

Decoration

N/A