MEASURE, TAPE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- LEATHER, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P20000084004
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- LEATHER, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 3.5
- Length
- 12.7
- Width
- 11.6
- Description
- LEATHER TAPE MEASURE, WITHIN A BROWN LEATHER CASE. TAPE MEASURE HAS A BRASS END. CENTER OF LEATHER CASE HAS A FOLDING, BRASS HANDLE THAT TURNS, TO REWIND TAPE MEASURE. IMPRESSED INTO HANDLE IS "66 FT". EMBOSSED ONTO LEATHER CASE, AROUND HANDLE, IS "ABBEY ENGLAND HOCKLEY", ALONG WITH THREE TRIANGLES, JOINED AT THE BASES. TAPE MEASURE ONLY PULLS OUT ABOUT AN INCH.
- Subjects
- WEIGHTS & MEASURES T&E
- Historical Association
- PROFESSIONS
- History
- BELONGED TO DONOR'S GRANDFATHER, J.R. SLOAN, WHO USED IT IN CONSTRUCTION. IT WAS THEN PASSED DOWN TO DONOR. DONOR HAS LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE SINCE 1968. HE WAS A FACULTY MEMBER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE, AS DEAN OF EDUCATION, AND TAUGHT PHILOSOPHY. CURRENTLY PROFESSOR EMERITUS.
- Catalogue Number
- P20000084004
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-07
- Collection
- Museum
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