-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Mrs. Bahn's armoured map cases Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:56:08 -0700 From: Virginia R Hetrick PhD <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> I can't speak to the material the map cases were made from, but I do recall not being able to lift a single without any maps in it to move it from one case to another because the actual case had been damaged somehow. This was about 1963-4 during the summer project periods (I was present for both years). I couldn't even lift the draw if it were placed on its back and I could use the handles to do the lifting. I'm more than a little bit certain that these were way heavier than the new map cases we got towards the end of the time I worked in the Map Division. About five years later when I went to UW to work on my Ph.D., I was regularly moving 50lb. cases of computer cards without difficulty. I hope this helps somehow. virginia ------------------------------------------------- Virginia R. Hetrick, here in sunny California Email: [log in to unmask] "There is always hope." My fave: http://www.washington.edu/cambots/camera1_l.jpg There's no place like: 34N 8' 25.40", 117W 58' 5.36" if you can't be at: 48N 7' 4.54" 122W 45' 50.95" ------------------------------------------------