Cabinet, type case sort & type

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OBJECT TYPE: SELF-NESTING DRAWER
DATE: 1953
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0402.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD WITH METAL DRAWER PULL

Dimensions

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

Length: 35.5 cm
Width: 26.0 cm
Height: 6.0 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Used to store type sorts, a type sort being representative of a single character.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF AN ACCESSORY USED WITH A STAMPING PRESS BY A SMALL 'SIDELINE' BUSINESS. THESE CASES COULD BE STACKED ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER TO FORM A CABINET WITH PULL-OUT DRAWERS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LABEL STUCK ON FRONT (EDGES TORN) READS 'Margaret', ANOTHER LABEL ALSO HAS PRINTING ON IT, BUT IS TORN SO AS TO BE ILLEGIBLE/ COMPARTMENTS IN DRAWER LABELLED FROM 'A' TO 'Z', WITH VARIOUS PUNCTUATION MKS, & '12' '34' '56' '78' '90'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CLEAR FINISH, WOOD IS GOLDEN BROWN SHADE/ DRAWER PULL IS DULL BRASS COLOUR
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cabinet, type case sort & type, circa 1953, Artifact no. 1994.0402, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0402.001/

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