Filing Cabinets 
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SOURCE: Places Journal
5/10/2021
The Filing Cabinet: A Material History
by Craig Robertson
The humble filing cabinet in fact tells the story of the rise of bureaucratic structures in capitalism and government, and the potential for information to be used efficiently – or weaponized.
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SOURCE: NYT
12-22-14
The Secret History of Filing Cabinets
by Paul Krugman
Boxes or drawers were one possibility, but they still involved a lot of shuffling, and relevant letters could easily be overlooked. The answer? The vertical file, with a tab indicating the contents of each folder.
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