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Notarickyfan

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No Idea what this cabinet/safe is. Any Ideas?
« on: December 10, 2014, 12:22:10 pm »
I am not a collector or expert on this stuff in any ways but I can't find anything like this on the internet or even find this company logo anywhere. It seems to be a fireproof safe or cabinet but I can't figure out exactly what for or any details about it. Anyone have ideas?

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Re: No Idea what this cabinet/safe is. Any Ideas?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2014, 02:50:37 pm »
Can we see a close up of the logo/label and a pic of the inside please !!  Knowing the size will help too !!

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Re: No Idea what this cabinet/safe is. Any Ideas?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2014, 03:37:53 pm »
Here are pics of the logo and the insides. There are matching doors on both front and back (passthrough) and it is approx a 2 foot cube.

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Re: No Idea what this cabinet/safe is. Any Ideas?
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2014, 03:42:35 pm »
Also it's two chambers and not one large one.

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Re: No Idea what this cabinet/safe is. Any Ideas?
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2014, 04:33:49 pm »
I believe what you have is a X-Ray cassette transfer cabinet that was installed between a X-Ray room and the darkroom. One half of the cabinet was for unexposed film and the other half was for exposed.

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Re: No Idea what this cabinet/safe is. Any Ideas?
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2014, 04:42:18 pm »
Thanks. I googled Buck X-Ray and found the logo on one of the old cassettes.

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Re: No Idea what this cabinet/safe is. Any Ideas?
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2014, 04:59:31 pm »
Nailed it Rauville!!!!  Beat me to it!  :)

Buck X-ograph Company (St Louis, Missouri) made pass thru cabinets for x rays, x ray drying and specimens (of all sorts) etc.  They holds lots of patents dating from 1911 to 1930's.  Are noted in many hospital supply catalogs.
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Re: No Idea what this cabinet/safe is. Any Ideas?
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2014, 06:23:02 pm »
The X-Ray machine I learned on was a 1950`s Picker X-Ray !! When I changed and started working at a different Dr`s office we used a 1939 Keleket X-Ray machine !! That was a monster machine !!  This must date to about the same time period !!