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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ActualProof, post: 3818272, member: 19340&quot;]The bottom has been removed completely. However, the top corner hardware is there, with what appears to be the same rivets that are throughout, so they are protected.&nbsp;&nbsp; I’m going to provide you some better pics of the middle slat hardware and layout, because it’s the same on the back, only with heavy scratches. If it was modified - it wasn’t done recently, because it’s got a broken hinge, broken clasp, completely rotted-out bottom (removed by me), and was recovered from a wooden crate wrapped in dry-rotted canvas that was sitting under the collapsed roof of a reconstruction-era mill that closed in the late 1950s, and has been abandoned and overgrown at least since my childhood (late 70s, early 80s). Longest sentence ever!!&nbsp; Because of it’s position under a broken piece of 1” plywood in the crate - it was the only thing somewhat protected from the elements that was salvageable.&nbsp; That’s an interesting theory - and repair or modification would have been done no later than about 1952. I’ll get better pics of those spots for better assessment. Thanks for your expertise![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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