Lot 091 - Vintage Wooden Dovetailed Folding Writing Desk With Leather Hinged Doors, Tiger Maple Details, Storage Compartments For Writing Instruments

Lot 091 - Vintage Wooden Dovetailed Folding Writing Desk With Leather Hinged Doors, Tiger Maple Details, Storage Compartments For Writing InstrumentsPre Auction Notes: Large crack running horizontally full length of middle of top of chest. Gap between two wood pieces forming bottom of box. Other minor wear and tear throughout consistent with age and use. Locking mechanism appears to be stuck and non functioning, no key included as found.

The camera is equipped with a Kodak Kodex shutter

Pre-Auction Notes: Wear and losses to box including hole in bottom of box

It is in cosmetically good shape with some minor scratching and scuffing in the wood

so perhaps this once belonged to or was even built by him

Writing on the inside of the case indicated that the photographers name was S

known as a Mbira in Africa

The motor does not appear to run

Pre-Auction Notes: We of course do not condone racial or ethnic stereotypes of any kinds

Gilbert Republican Heman Glass Republican William T

The case has the serial number 331220

The lid is marked James W

Hazen Company out of New York