steel surveyor's tape on metal reel
Date: early 20th century
Inventory Number: 2003-1-0236
Classification: Surveying Tape
Subject:
Maker: Lufkin Rule Company (1885 - 2010)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
closed: 31.5 × 3.6 × 15.3 cm (12 3/8 × 1 7/16 × 6 in.)
Description:
Thin steel surveyor's tape, 100 feet in length, wound around an X-shaped metal reel with a wood handle, finished black. The reel has a folding handle at the center on one side. A short leather loop is fastened to the base of the reel with a metal clip.
The tape rule is heavily rusted.
The tape rule is heavily rusted.
Signedengraved at top of reel: THE LUFKIN RULE CO. / SAGINAW, MICH. / MADE IN U.S.A.
Inscribedengraved on folding handle: 100 FEET
FunctionUsed to measure horizontal distances.
ProvenancePrivate Donor, Troy, NY, 2003.