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IN A CARD FILING DEVICE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: TRAY MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF CARD ELEMENTS IN A SUBSTANTIALLY UPRIGHT FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP, SAID TRAY MEANS INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SIDES WALLS INTERCONNECTED BY A BOTTOM WALL WITH A FIRST LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING MAGNET MEANS MOUNTED ON THE FIRST SIDE WALL FOR SEPARATING THE CARD ELEMENTS AND A SECOND LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING MAGNET MEANS MOUNTED ON THE SECOND SIDE WALL FOR SEPARATING THE CARD ELEMENTS; A PLURALITY OF DIVIDER CARDS DISPOSED IN SAID TRAY MEANS INTERMEDIATE SAID FIRST AND SECOND MAGNET MEANS, EACH OF SAID DIVIDER CARDS INCLUDING A FIRST SIDE PORTION OF A MAGNETIZABLE MATERIAL POSITIONED ADJACENT TO SAID FIRST MAGNET MEANS AND A SECOND SIDE PORTION OF A MAGNETIZABLE MATERIAL POSITIONED ADJACENT TO SAID SECOND MAGNET MEANS WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND SIDE PORTIONS INTERCONNECTED BY A BODY PORTION OF A NON-MAGNETIZABLE MATERIAL, SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID DIVIDER CARDS INCLUDING A FIRST PORTION HAVING A FIRST TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING OUTER EDGE LOCATED A FIRST DISTANCE FROM THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE TRAY MEANS AND A SECOND PORTION HAVING A SECOND TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING OUTER EDGE LOCATED A SECOND DISTANCE FROM THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE TRAY MEANS, SAID SECOND DISTANCE BEING SMALLER THAN SAID FIRST DISTANCE WHEREBY SAID SECOND TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING OUTER EDGE IS LOCATED INWARDLY OF AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING OUTER EDGE; INFORMATION CARDS OF A NON-MAGNETIC MATERIAL DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID DIVIDER CARDS IN FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH, SAID INFORMATION CARDS COMPRISING FILM STRIP MATERIAL BEARING A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD ON A REDUCED SCALE TO BE ENLARGED FOR EXAMINATION, SAID INFORMATION CARDS HAVING TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING OUTER EDGES LOCATED INTERMEDIATE AND EXTENDING PARLLEL TO THE FIRST AND SECOND TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING OUTER EDGES OF SAID DIVIDER CARDS TO EXPOSE PORTIONS OF THE INFORMATION CARDS WHICH ARE OUTWARDLY OF THE SECOND TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING