These typecases are the standard empty, or blank, case, with no interior boxes, and are used for storing wood type (poster type), or for blocks, cuts, etc. They are shown, for example, in Hamilton Manufacturing Co: Modern Printing Office Furniture Catalog 15 (1922) and Printing Plant Equipment, Type Storage Section, Catalog 16 (c.1932). There are several styles:- Model 2701 for electrotypes, with plain sides and no central partition, as above left (1922, described but not illustrated in 1932).
- Model 2706 for solid metal cuts, with plain sides, but a central partition, as above right (in 1922 is numbered 2705).
- Model 2715 wood type case, as below left with the sides slotted on the inside for removable horizontal strips for holding different sizes of smaller type (1922 and 1932).
- Model 2711 indexed electrotype case, as below right with a fixed central partition, and slotted top and bottom edges with eight removable vertical strips (1932).
- Model 2710 indexed electrotype case, as below right but without the central partition, and with six removable slotted vertical strips and additional short plain horizontal strips (1922).
Other manufactures made similar cases. The typecases can be the same size as normal full-size cases, but are often larger. The plain case with the central bar can also accommodate four quarter cases.
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