[Collins] A-Line Period Question

[Garey Barrell]

Glen -

Yeah, GSA listing seems to bring manufacturers out of the woodwork!

The Google search turned up LOTS of information, apparently these are now considered 'cool!'...  
Who knew?? :-)

A suggestion from one of the articles suggested contacting schools and universities.  Thanks to 
the government 'trickle down' theory with GSA I bet a LOT of them followed that path and are 
still in their storage!

Thanks for THE definitive answer!  :-)

73, Garey - K4OAH
Glen Allen, VA

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Glen Zook wrote:
> The particular brand, that was purchased by Collins Radio, was Allsteel.  However, that basic 
> design was manufactured by numerous companies.
>
> In 1967, Collins was paying $139.95 for the desks and they were capital items.  That is, they 
> were considered fixed assets, depreciated, and property taxes were paid on them.  Then, for 
> 1968, the minimum value for things that became assets was raised to $200.00 instead of the 
> previous limit of $100.00.  At that point, any new desks were considered operating expense 
> when purchased.
>
> At least, Allsteel desks were purchased at the "new" corporate headquarters, here in 
> Richardson, Texas.  I am pretty sure that that brand of desk was purchased for Cedar Rapids 
> and Newport Beach.  As for the Canadian operation, I have no idea.
> Glen, K9STH
>
> Website: http://k9sth.net
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Garey Barrell <k4oah at mindspring.com>
> *To:* Corey Sukalich <zap at xzapx.com>; Collins <collins at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, February 27, 2015 4:08 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Collins] A-Line Period Question
>
> Corey -
>
> That's a Steelcase desk, used by the thousands (millions?) in government offices all over
> everywhere.  On mine, the bottom two drawers on either side are a file drawer.  I have one that
> I used for a station desk for years, it's in storage in GA. The 'linoealium' top was chewed up
> when I got it, and I removed the trim and put in a piece of Formica in it's place.
>
> I have another one that says 'Steelmaster' (gee what a coincidence!) on the front, and it's
> drawer handles are an 'overhang' type rather than the plain handle on the Steelcase.
>
> They ARE heavy.  I would start by checking used office furniture companies, especially if you
> have one near a government facility!
>
> 'steelcase vintage' in Google will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the 'Tanker'.
>
>