Thanks for the links Stovens. I had already come across the logo one when I was researching. I could not find any logo on it other than the tag I showed in the picture. Here’s the link I found for the patent.

https://www.google.com/patents/US1729401

If I’m reading it right the patent was applied for in 1924 and the publication date would have been when the patent was granted (?). If so as the sticker shows “patent applied for” it would seem to indicated it was built between 1924 and 1929. The main reason for wanting to date it was to determine if it had been my Grandparents or Great Grandparents and with that time frame it would have been bought by my Grandparents.

Matt I know so little about wood (other than how to turn it to sawdust by various methods) it’s embarrassing. There is no veneer or plywood (including the back and shelves). The bookcase itself is made of a dark hardwood that appears to be Mahogany. The shelves are a soft wood that I suspect is pine. The back consists of 4 thin solid pieces of what I also think is pine, that slide into grooves cut into the 2 sides of the bookcase.

Besides the bookcase itself I am especially proud of some of the books my mom let me have.

I got the encyclopedia set that’s on the top shelf. The folks bought that in 1954 while us kids were still basically babies. It was a good investment as all three of us kids used them through school for papers etc. What is the neatest part to me is they kept up their subscription and got the annual update volumes once a year that covered the changes that occurred in the world. That set runs from 1955 thru 1970.



I also got the copy of “The Standard American Encyclopedia” that is about 4” thick and was published in 1910. There is a ten volume set of Funk &Wagnalls “Wonder Book of the Worlds Progress” from 1935, and “New Pictorial Atlas of the World” from 1921.

Probably the most cherished is the “Life of General William Tecumseh Sherman” published in 1891. This had been my Great Great Grandad Cubbage’s book and he had written his name and unit (Company F 102nd Illinois) in the inside front cover. Grandpa was a Civil War veteran and the 102nd was part of Sherman’s Army.

At least I won’t be short of reading material on those cold days I don’t spend too much time in the shop this winter.


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