![]() ![]() Universal Filing Cabinet, Office Specialty Mfg. Shannon File Drawer, Schlicht & Field Co., Rochester, NY, Shannon Filing Cabinet, Schlicht & Field Co., Rochester, NY, Patented 1873-1881 advertised as the standalone Peerless Letter File, This particular cabinet was in use byĭrawer from Amberg Cabinet Letter File, with Index Globe advertised letter files of this type by 1883.Īmberg Patent Cabinet Letter File. Globe Letter Filing Cabinet, Globe Files Co., Boston, MA, 1885 ad. 128b) Theīottom image in the column farthest to the right shows the 1907 Globe-WernickeĪmberg's Peerless Cabinet Letter File, Cameron Amberg & Co., Chicago, Identical Wabash Cabinet was advertised by Rockwell & Rupel Co.,Ĭhicago, in 1899. Globe Files Co.'s Letter Filing Cabinets received awards in 1882-83.Īmberg's Letter File with tambour cover closed and open and inside ofĬabinet was used for a number of years beginning in 1900. A virtually Its letter filing cabinets had patent dates from 1878 to 1896. name appears to have been resurrected later,īecause the latter company published an office supplies catalog in By 1893, theĬompany name changed to Amberg Letter & File Co. In 1881, 1,000 firms were using its cabinets. The metal devices in some of its drawers bear an 1878 patentĭate. In 1876, its Cabinet Letter Files were awarded a medal at the CentennialĮxposition. ![]() (Asher & Adams' Pictorial Album of American Industry 1876). was established in 1868 and made its first Cabinet Letter Files inġ875, when they won an award from the American Institute, New York, NY. DrawersĬontained metal devices to hold papers in place as well as alphabetical dividers, e.g., the A drawer would have aĭivider for Aa to Ac followed by a divider for Ad to Ae, etc.Ĭameron Amberg & Co. Letter Filing Cabinets have file drawers in which papers were stored horizontally, that is, lying flat. ![]() Go to the Early Office Museum page on Safes, "cabinet safes," which were filing cabinets inside comparatively In the 1910s, some companies were supplying Over time the share of filing cabinets made of metal increased while the share Steel filingĬabinets were advertised as "absolute protection against loss of your The earliest advertisement we have for metal file cabinets is from 1886. All the types of filing cabinets shown below were produced in wood. ![]()
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