Description: There are 15 of these in all. I reclaimed them to house volumes of a magazine I subscribed to for 30 years, but found them to be too few and too bulky for what I had in mind. They're simple and un-ornamented, antique, vertical file boxes of the type used in library stacks and office archives, probably until post-WWII steel production capacity had to be put to civilian uses, and steel cabinets began supplanting those of wood. These boxes are simple in construction, and close but not precisely uniform in their dimensions. The face plates appear to be pine, and the wood making up the boxes is nondescript and unfinished. The handles seem to be brass, and the 3" x 5" label holders are galvanized. These may have been part of a cabinet, but they look more like they were made to fit shelving. There's a stop, or lip, at the top of the faceplate, that's about 1/2" proud. The back joints have been chamfered a bit to keep the boxes from catching as they're shelved. The interiors have slots for inserting up to three ~1/4" thick dividers, or any number of ~1/8" wide retaining slats across the open side of the box, to keep lax paper or magazines from slumping out the side. The dividers are amenable to horizontal use. I have a few of the dividers and slats, but you can anticipate having to cut some simple ones of your own. If you want the ones I have, let me know. I'll send them if I still have them, and I'll update the listing once they've gone. Free local pickup available. Dimensions are +/- 1/8", generally:Faceplate width varies from 4-7/8" to 5-1/8"Box outside height is less variable, typically 14-7/8"Depth: 12"The stop, or lip, at the top edge of the faceplate runs 5/16" to about 1/2"The index card mount is 3" x 5"Interior dimensions approx 13-3/4" x 10-9/16" x 4-7/8" (practical interior width with retainer slats is 4-1/2"Quarter-inch divider slots are cut at 3-1/2", 5", and 6-1/2" from top of interiorEighth-inch retainer slots are about 3/8" from the outer edge of box
Price: 17 USD
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
End Time: 2024-07-28T03:20:23.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Brand: Unbranded
Antique: Yes
Type: File box
Item Height: 14-7/8 inches
Color: Brown
Style: Utilitarian
Material: Wood
Item Length: 12 inches
Item Width: 5 inches
