Vintage or Antique Shannon F Clipboard Filing System James Shannon Nice Patina
Vintage or Antique Shannon F Clipboard Filing System James Shannon Nice PatinaMostly clean; some scratches on stains; looks marvelous!According to a 1909 history of the Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., About 1877 a contrivance called the Shannon Arch File, for filing letters, bills, and other papers, was invented, patented, and put on the market by a Mr. James Shannon...consisting of a board, an arch, a compressor cover, an index, and a perforator. During the year 1883, the Shannon Arch File, with all its patents and other rights, was purchased by a Rochester concern known as the [Clague, Wegman, Schlicht & Co.], who had only a selling organization, possessing no manufacturing facilities. Yawman & Erbe [which had been founded in 1880] were negotiated with in reference to making the Shannon Arch File. (INV #13)