Desks of the 40's, 50's and 60's..

[Thrift Store Scott]

PeterB wrote:
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Ah the classic oak desks of the 1910’s and 1920’s…. Because there’s no way a shamus in the post WWII days would be able to buy a new desk…

The tall drawer was a file drawer.

And above the pistol drawer was a pull out writing surface, which always had a coffee cup stain on it.

I actually have one of these desks -- my main computer desk. It has both the tall drawer with a file divider down the middle on one side, and the pull-out writing surfaces on both sides.

I bought it used at an antique dealer back in Cambridge... what attracted me to it was that someone had resurfaced the top in green felt and then put glass on top of that, which gives it a sort of 40's look. Anyone care to guess how old the desk might really be, and if there's any way for me to find out?
The manufacturer will often have stamped their name in an inconspicuous spot, usually either on the underside or back of one of the drawers, sometimes along with a model number. If you can find that and it was made by a major manufacturer, you'll probably be able to look up when it was originally made.

[Buzz]

"For efficiency's sake, that Colt probably should have been flipped to its other side.

Just sayin'."

Owner's a lefty.....?

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[Rolando]

Paul F. wrote:
I'd go antique desk shopping if I could find a nice old Colt revolver like that one...

My father used to have an oak desk, and one of the lower drawers was a double-deep drawer... perfect for standing a bottle up in.

My WFH desk is an old teacher's desk, I purchased it when my kid private school shut down. There is a stamp/brand that says "1949" And yeah, Liquor bottles stand quite nicely in the bottom drawers.

[RAMd®d]

Owner's a lefty.....?


Maybe, and maybe there's no convenient drawer on the left side.

There probably wouldn't have been a true 'left-handed' revolver back then, so then there's the fall-back 'Ok, I got your money right HERE!' maneuver.

But for afterwards that bottle is on the left side, so there's that.

Even righties could manage.

[Acer]

As a kid I was fascinated by the roll-top desks with all sorts of compartments, including secret ones. Our rural township had a classic one sitting in a meeting room for years. Someone actually broke in and stole it.