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This U.S. layout is given in American Type Founders, American Line Type Book (1906), Barnhart Bros & Spindler, Book of Type Specimens No.9 (1907) and Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Modern Cabinets, Furniture and Materials for Printers, Catalog 14 (c.1907) and in Modern Printing Office Furniture Catalog 15 (1922), and Printing Plant Equipment, Type Storage Section Catalog 16 (c.1932) as their model 2760 case, and Thompson Cabinet Co, Equipment for Printing Plants Catalog 47 (c.1949) also show it. Hamilton state that it is for larger sizes of type, with greater capacity than any other job case, with extra large lower case boxes. A somewhat similar lay is shown in an earlier Hamilton Catalog (1897), but with changes in the position of some of the punctuation.

Note the pattern of the capitals bay, ie 1 short row and four tall rows - called the California pattern by Hamilton. The empty configuration is Dearing Job.

Hamilton also made a three quarter version of the case and a Two-Third Case model 2860, which are the same configutation as the full-size case, apart from being 26½ x 16⅝ inches and 21¾ x 16⅝ inches, respectively. By way of comparison, there are an empty Two Third California case, a Two Third Italic case, a Two Third Yankee/New York case and a Two Third Improved case, which are all slightly different.

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This page was written in 1998 by David Bolton and last updated 13 January 2016.