need info on a 17 drawer hamilton cabinet

In the lexicon of the printer you have a type cabinet.
It has 17 type cases. They look like drawers, but the printer calls them cases. The male printer wears drawers.
From your pictures, all or most of the contents are type or space material. There are leads and slugs in the vertical portion of the cabinet above the shelf/top.
It looks like a very nice cabinet and most of the cases are matching. It has the patina and authenticity of a decently used type cabinet. Without trying to make it a showroom piece of furniture, someone could clean it up a bit and have a very handsome and utilitarian cabinet in their shop.
Tell where you are and some printers will probably wish to come look.

i live on long island new york Suffolk county. i am not trying to make it a show room piece. i also know the cases ( ty inky) alone go for 30 - 60 dollars. but i don’t want to separate a piece that one of you guys might find valuable. especially with all the dies i know one of you can use in your hobby/ business

there are 10 more cases not in the pictures filled with items.

still looking for more detailed info on this cabinet. year , model , ect, ect. please any help is appreciated

From the shape of the handles it looks like it dates from the 1920s. It was sold as an American School Type Cabinet No. 9178, and was sold with a galley dump attached to the other side, and four angled brackets to hold two type cases on the top. It is shown on page 1065 of the 1923 ATF catalogue. If you could identify the types contained in the cases it would add extra value to a printer.

Paul

ty for the info paul . but may i ask how would a layman identify the types? is there a stamp or a mark on the types ?

Other folks have managed to successfully make stamped images of some of the letters of each font using an inked pad used for rubber stamps, and posting the same on this site for identification. Usually capitals are the most useful for this purpose the most identifiable letters being: A, C and/or G, H, M and/or N, Q, R, S and W. Try to make a clean impression by pressing the type on paper that is laying on something with a bit of give, like a sheet of chipboard or a thin plastic mat. If your camera skills are good enough a close-up photo of the typefaces might be enough.

Paul

here are the fonts that are in the cases.
i dont know if they are full sets but there is a decent amount of each separated in each case alphabetized in sections

24 point bernhard gothic medium
6 point bodoni bold italic
18 point park avenue
14 point park avenue
36 point baskerville
18 point caslon open face
14 point caslon open face
10 point 20th century ( 2 cases)
18 point kelsey company 1802a ( pretty sure its not the type but there is a full case)
8 point goudy old style
14 point announcement roman
and a case of assorted bold fonts which is by far the heaviest case

id rather see this get sold to some one who would use the whole set

i also have unopened type as well

8 point times roman lower case
8 point times roman caps
8 point times italic
8 point assorted job font
10 point assorted job font