Measuring Tape
name: label: maker
content: Lufkin Rule Company
notes: label: Description
content: Cloth tape graduated on one side in feet by tenths and half tenths. An inscription on the nickel-plated steel case reads "THE LUFKIN RULE CO. SAGINAW, MICH. MADE IN U.S.A."
label: Description
content: Edward Taylor Lufkin (1848-1921), a Civil War veteran who designed and manufactured devices for measuring timber as well as steel measuring tapes, established the Lufkin Rule Company in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1869. The firm moved to Saginaw, Mich. in 1895. By 1903, it was the largest manufacturer of steel measuring tapes in the United States.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Saginaw
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0701.03
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0701.03
label: accession number
content: 1982.0701
objectType: label: Object Name
content: measuring tape
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: tape: 100 in x 5/8 in; 254 cm x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: rell: 2 3/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 18.415 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 7 1/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 18.415 cm