Identification Help please
Hamilton cabinet, have not seen one like this before. Any help from the pros?
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How deep is it? I have a similar upright rack made by Hamilton for leads and slugs. It’s slanted so the spacing material stays upright and doesn’t tip over. My cabinet is not very deep at all, this looks deeper, but I’d assume function is the same.
Brent
Brent,
I can measure it later but its at least 24” deep. Also has very nice set of cast casters that appear to be original.
I too thought about slugs and spacers but the depth had me perplexed.
Dan
At that depth then it might just be a strip material cabinet. Uncut spacing and rule, etc. I have a cabinet for strip material but not slanted.
My Hamilton spacing rack is quite small. 20 inches tall, and shaped like a furniture cabinet, with a pronounced wedge shape. Probably 2” deep at the top, and 8-10” deep at the bottom.
Brent
Here is a link to an image of your galley truck in the 1923 ATF catalog. It was intended for galleys. You could buy either a wood or steel cabinet.
https://archive.org/details/specimenbookcata00amer/page/1092/mode/1up?q=...
23” was a standard length of galley in composing rooms. These galleys would hold the raw, uncorrected matter, through proofing and correction, before page make-up.
Howdy. I posted a related query, the discussion was rich:
https://www.briarpress.org/47202
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