Office Cabinet File Drawer. Material: wood, metal, paper. Size: 10" x 16" x 4". Description: oak clip board with brass and metal holders for punched office papers, receipts, reports, etc.; company name, Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., Rochester, N.Y. embossed on brass bracket at top of clipboard; heavy card stock permanent form with information printed in black identifies this unit as No. 60 Hinged Shannon Compression Cover, Made in the U.S.A. by Yawman and Erbe Mfg. Co. Makers of "Y and E" Office Filing Systems; this unit is designed to be placed horizontally into a filing cabinet as an oak drawer with a front label holder and pullout handle; used in the Janesville Police Department in the late 1800s and early 1900s to hold police reports among other things.
