robust c. 1950's american industrial cold-rolled steel stackable factory machine shop "small parts" bin designed and fabricated by the randolph metal products co., chicago, il. the single compartment bin or tote was salvaged from the webster-chicago (webcor) factory complex. the original baked enameled olive green enameled finish remains largely intact. the welded joint stationary handles are in great shape. original white stenciled lettering intact. general surface wear consistent with age. webster-chicago corporation of chicago was once a leading manufacturer of business and consumer electronics spanning more than half a century from 1914 to the late 1960’s.the product line included phonographs and recording equipment, public address systems, amplifiers, intercoms and power supply's. in 1925 the first factory built radios in this country included “b” battery eliminators and power packs made by webster-chicago. in 1926 the company designed and produced amplification equipment that helped create some of the first talking motion pictures. webster-chicago went on to produce and manufacture amplification and phonograph equipment for entertainment, public address and also business intercom systems which were state of the art for the time. they offered a new method of inter-office communications in large scale applications such as factory’s, office buildings, hospitals and schools. webster-chicago phonographs and diskchangers were among the finest made and often incorporated by other leading manufacturers into some of the highest quality radio and phonograph combinations. the company introduced many different models and designs and led the industry in several innovations, including key contributions in pioneering the mutli-speed automatic diskchangers that were famous for many years.in 1945, webster-chicago became a licensee of the armour research foundation and began manufacturing wire recorders,the first product being a version of the armour "military" wire sound recorder which it sold to the u.s. navy. the stainless steel wire media was perfect for military applications as it could withstand extreme temperature and climate variations in the field. after world war ii came to an end, webster-chicago continued to produce wire recorders and introduced a whole new product line oriented toward the civilian market. in 1952 the company launched a new line of tape recorders and eventually discontinued its production of the modern wire recorder as the industry movement towards hi-fi was in its initial stages. in that same year webster-chicago corporation also decided to change its name to webcor, a shortened and more streamlined name to take the company forward into the 1950’s. webcor continued to produce consumer electronics throughout the 1950’s and into the later 1960’s creating many innovations in hi-fi and stereo. the company did have business problems in later years as the industry became more competitive and saturated with foreign and domestic electronics. measures approximately 24 x 14 1/2 x 15 inches.