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Granular Certainty, The Vertical Filing Cabinet, and the Transformation of Files

Craig Robertson

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Dec 31, 2019
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Article Category: Towards a History of Files
Published Online: Dec 31, 2019
Page range: 71 - 86
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/adhi-2019-0005
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Figure 1

Globe-Wernicke: Steel Filing Equipment (Cincinnati, 1931), p. 3. Reproduced with permission of Hagley Museum and Library.
Globe-Wernicke: Steel Filing Equipment (Cincinnati, 1931), p. 3. Reproduced with permission of Hagley Museum and Library.

Figure 2

Library Bureau: Vertical Filing (Boston, 1924), p. 54 (Source: Author’s collection).
Library Bureau: Vertical Filing (Boston, 1924), p. 54 (Source: Author’s collection).

Figure 3

Shaw-Walker: How to File Letters and Cards (Muskegon, MI), 1920, p. 12. Reproduced with permission of Hagley Museum and Library.
Shaw-Walker: How to File Letters and Cards (Muskegon, MI), 1920, p. 12. Reproduced with permission of Hagley Museum and Library.

Figure 4

Shaw-Walker: How to File Letters and Cards (Muskegon, MI), 1920, p. 15. Reproduced with permission of Hagley Museum and Library.
Shaw-Walker: How to File Letters and Cards (Muskegon, MI), 1920, p. 15. Reproduced with permission of Hagley Museum and Library.

Figure 5

Library Bureau: Vertical Filing (Boston, 1924), p. 36 (Source: Author’s collection).
Library Bureau: Vertical Filing (Boston, 1924), p. 36 (Source: Author’s collection).
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