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A Mysterious Box in a Dumpster – What Was In It Baffles Everyone
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<blockquote data-quote="wyldberi" data-source="post: 106027" data-attributes="member: 6095"><p>The box itself seems to be a typical artist's portfolio. These were used to hold and transport sheets of large format paper flat during the 19th century. These boxes were made of veneers (early type of plywood). They were largely phased out by less expensive materials, probably during the 1950's - 60's. There's a large artist supply store at Market and Mission Streets in San Francisco called FLAX; they still carried these classic cases the last time I was there.</p><p>-</p><p>The large sheets of text are proofs from a typesetter; they're not written by hand. I don't know what typeface is being used, but if you look at the lower case letter "r" you can see how uniform the formation of that character is. There are at least two versions of Page 1, one containing corrections and added text; and at least one sheet has the circle with a cross in it in the margin which is a printing registration mark.</p><p>-</p><p>I'd hazard a guess that part of the items in the case are from an unpublished book intended to sit on the coffee tables in people's living rooms for guests to leaf through while they waited for the household member they had come to see. The subject matter had something to do with UFO's, and from some of the text I read, the author was trying to take a non-committal stance one way or the other. I have a book my dad owned after WW-2 that was similar in nature. It was a book of maps measuring about 14" x 20" that showed the changing and relative positions of Japanese and U.S. military forces in the Pacific region at different dates during the War.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wyldberi, post: 106027, member: 6095"] The box itself seems to be a typical artist's portfolio. These were used to hold and transport sheets of large format paper flat during the 19th century. These boxes were made of veneers (early type of plywood). They were largely phased out by less expensive materials, probably during the 1950's - 60's. There's a large artist supply store at Market and Mission Streets in San Francisco called FLAX; they still carried these classic cases the last time I was there. - The large sheets of text are proofs from a typesetter; they're not written by hand. I don't know what typeface is being used, but if you look at the lower case letter "r" you can see how uniform the formation of that character is. There are at least two versions of Page 1, one containing corrections and added text; and at least one sheet has the circle with a cross in it in the margin which is a printing registration mark. - I'd hazard a guess that part of the items in the case are from an unpublished book intended to sit on the coffee tables in people's living rooms for guests to leaf through while they waited for the household member they had come to see. The subject matter had something to do with UFO's, and from some of the text I read, the author was trying to take a non-committal stance one way or the other. I have a book my dad owned after WW-2 that was similar in nature. It was a book of maps measuring about 14" x 20" that showed the changing and relative positions of Japanese and U.S. military forces in the Pacific region at different dates during the War. [/QUOTE]
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