It's a record card cabinet, for storing standard 6x3" record cards. Often found in libraries, using the Dewey classification to keep a record of the books. It has pull-out shelves in the middle, so you can take an entire drawer out and riffle through the cards.
> On 02 January 2016 at 06:53 John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Years ago I nearly bought one of those - pharmacist's storage cabinet, I think > - to store 35mm. > slides in - the dimensions were just about right! > Nice piece of furniture, too. > > > John in Brisbane > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel J. Matyola > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2016 1:24 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO: Cabinet of Mysteries > > A very strange, ancient piece of furniture: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18151254 > K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 zoom > Comments are invited -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
