Globe Wernicke 24 Drawer Filing Cabinet 1911 - 1921

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GLOBE-WERNICKE Very nice, very old 24 drawer card filing cabinet - great piece! Original finish with the original Globe Wernicke Co. metal tag still intact on front. ID tags on each section with part number. Unit consists of the patented Elastic Stacking System: Base, 2 Drawer Modules and Top each utilizing alignment pins as pictured. Cabinet measures 17.25"deep x 33" wide x 37.75" tall - each draw face measures 4.375" wide x 4 5/8" high. Drawers are 16" long. Great piece of victorian office furniture dated between 1911 and 1921 est. The unit has a few bumps and bruises, after all, it's old, but ORIGINAL! T are 2 drawer pulls missing. I guess it weights around 125 pounds, very sturdy and solid. Winning bidder agrees to pick-up or secure shipment. I do agree to secure to a pallet and shrink wrap for $60.00. A Little History 1893: The Wernicke Company was established in Minneapolis. Soon after, they invented and introduced the "Elastic Bookcase." . At the same time, the economic "Panic of 1893" left more than four million unemployed. A series of prior events had weakened the economy and undermined confidence in the market. These included the collapse of The Reading Railroad, an ongoing agricultural depression, a reduction in the surplus caused by the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 and lavish spending by the "Billion Dollar Congress" (1889 to 1891) on naval building and pensions for Union soldiers. (2) (3) . The ring binder was first invented by a jewelry repairman. (13) 1898: Globe Company, along with Edwin G. Seibels, fabricated the first filing system to hold papers in a vertical position, a system still used today in offices throughout the world. This breakthrough in office systematization is displayed in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. as the prototype of the modern vertical file. . Henry Ford of Detroit, Michigan built his first gasoline-powered car in 1896. It wasn't until 1908 that he began to mass-produce his Model T, which sold over 18 million by 1927. (1) 1899: Globe Company purchases the Wernicke Company and renames itself Globe-Wernicke Company. . The first automobile to be produced in quantity was the 1901 Curved Dash Oldsmobile, which was built in the United States by Ransom E. Olds. . First magnetic recording of sound is made. (1) . American scientist R.A. Fessenden was working to transmit human speech via radio waves. (1) 1903: Ernest Hazel, Sr. begins selling county courthouse record binders for the Trade Printing Company in Atchison, Kansas. Shortly after, Charles Lockwood and Ernest Hazel, Sr. form a partnership under the company name Lockwood-Hazel Company. In this arrangement, Lockwood manufacturers the binders and Hazel sells them. . By the late 1800s, states and territories had passed over 1,600 laws regulating work conditions and limiting or forbidding child labor. In 1904, the National Child Labor Committee was organized by socially concerned citizens and politicians and was chartered by Congress in 1907. (3) . The Wright brothers completed their first successful flight with a gas-powered airplane. (1) 1905: Globe-Wernicke company acquires large timber holdings in Alabama, leading to a number of later purchases throughout United States and Canada. . Albert Einstein formulates Special Theory of Relativity. (1) . Rayon yarn is manufactured commercially through viscose process. (1) 1908: Under a new name, The Adams Brothers Manifold Printing Company began utilizing an amazing technological breakthrough - an electric powered printing press. . Bakelite, a revolutionary, non-flammable, early plastic is invented. (1) (14) 1911: Globe-Wernicke aggressively expanded its branch offices throughout the United States and Europe during this decade (1911-1921). . May 15, 1911: The Supreme Court orders the breakup of Standard Oil. (12) . Robert Trent Jones, the great American golfer wins his first title at age nine. (1) 1917: U.S. ... read more

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