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Industry needs security
Industry needs security
Industry needs security
The industrial revolution brought with it large manufacturing campuses (and large hotels, etc). Master keying brought efficiencies, ease of delegation of privileges, and the need for diligent key control
Key control matters
Industry needs security
Industry needs security
This extensive set of keys, in its original wooden cabinet, are an excellent example of vigilant key control. Tags record who received what keys, when, and what they operated. (All notes are made in fountain pen or pencil)
The keys remain
Industry needs security
The keys remain
Berger Manufacturing Company moved its administrative offices to Belden Avenue in Canton, Ohio, in 1940. The notes on these keys end in the late 1950s. Likely the office closed or relocated around that time. The campus was razed decades later
Hotel Keys are perhaps the most expressive of Commercial Keys; many come with numbers and symbols embossed on their bows and stories on tags
This variety of hotel keys demonstrates the later tendency to rely solely on the bow for information. In some cases, for security, there is no story
Before the near-total transition to magnetic card locks, many offshore hotels used locks and keys made by American manufacturers
Many European lock companies offer high-security designs. These examples include pieces from England, Europe and Australia