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This type of "#humor" is shit.

"#Cardcatalogs were our #Google! #Polaroids were our #Instagram! #Payphones were our #iPhones!"

NO THE FUCK THEY WEREN'T. They were very useful in their time, but the modern versions are *better*. Which is why it's difficult to find a card catalog or a Polaroid camera these days, and a payphone is practically impossible.

Grow the hell up.

Acquisition: Early 1900s 3 x 5 Inch No. 15 Card Index Filing Cabinet with No. 1535 C. I. Inserts from The Macey Company

The Macey Company Card Index Filing Cabinet

On July 15, 2024 I acquired an oak filing cabinet with 16 drawers for 3 x 5 inch index card storage. It's a warm and lovely piece of antique furniture as well as an excellent example of an early 20th century card index cabinet designed for business use and a paper-based pre-cursor of our more modern computer databases.

From the exterior, there were none of the typical metal badging or decals printed on the filing cabinet to give an idea of the [...]

https://boffosocko.com/2024/09/05/acquisition-early-1900s-3-x-5-inch-no-15-card-index-filing-cabinet-with-no-1535-c-i-inserts-from-the-macey-company/

Uncatalogued: a little bit of card-catalog nostalgia, prompted by a quick trip to special collections at my alma mater to peek at the recently opened TS Eliot/Emily Hale letters. #libraries #cardcatalogs

https://jenniferhoward.substack.com/p/uncatalogued