Summary

Timber filing drawer used to hold a collection of photographs and marked printer's copy used in the preparation of trade literature promoting products manufactured by the Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works Pty Ltd.

The Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works of Port Melbourne was established by the German-born American immigrant Otto Charles Schumacher around 1890. Operating initially under the name Otto C. Schumacher, the firm specialised in the importation, manufacture, installation and repair of flourmilling equipment, especially the newer style roller flour grinding machines, and associated equipment such as flour sifters, pollard and bran extractors, dust collectors, grain elevators and bag fillers. The business was formally registered as the Schumacher Mill Furnishing Works Pty Ltd in 1910. In later years the firm diversified into the manufacture of grain grading machinery for farmers and more general manufacturing equipment such as grinding mills, conveyors and packaging machinery.

Physical Description

A rectangular wooden drawer inside a wooden box. The front of the drawer has a metal handle and a circular knob near the base. There is a metal label attached to the front of the drawer near the base and a small metal frame near the top to insert a drawer label. The drawer pulls out along wooden rails and plastic rollers (at front end of box frame). There is a metal rod along the length of the base of the drawer which is attached to the external knob and a wooden file separator.

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