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Record 126/143
Description 
Wooden box, lap joins with brads on edges; steel piano hinge on lid; red and gold paper label on top of lid; brass swivel catch; wooden dividers for twenty compartments holding 62 brass types, primarily for lines of various length, the types are stamped from 1 to 18; a pin at the bottom of each type fits into a groove in the bottom of the case.
Box of brass furniture - Copyright Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
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Case of type furniture

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Last modified on: April 02, 2010