Dischoard wrote: ↑Fri Jul 15, 2022 11:01 am
In my search I came upon your post from 2019 although it appears the pictures have been removed. You don't happen to have a picture of the page of the catalog that these boxes are shown in? Thanks for the information, getting that much closer!
I'm assuming that you're addressing me; if not - just ignore this response.
I have an image from a Hawthorne & Sheble catalog circa 1898-99 showing the "egg & dart" base record cabinet, but I cannot find it. It's either hiding in my digital files or in one of our books. Given the inconsistent nature of the images on this forum, I'm not inclined to invest too much time in digging.
However, here's a page from Berliner's late 1897 catalog showing the "egg & dart" cabinet. Of course, this doesn't help to identify the manufacturer, but it gives an image to the cabinet in question. The image I cannot find from an H&S catalog shows this same cabinet:
- H&S002.jpg (62.78 KiB) Viewed 639 times
By mid/late 1900, Eldridge Johnson was marketing the "plain base" record cabinet. Sorry for the Moire pattern:
- H&S003.jpg (83.06 KiB) Viewed 639 times
And here's a page from the Hawthorne & Sheble catalog from early 1901 showing the same cabinet:
- H&S001.jpg (87.53 KiB) Viewed 639 times
I hope this helps.
George P.