Measuring Tape
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
name: label: maker
content: W. & L. E. Gurley
notes: label: Description
content: Thin steel tape with triangular brass handles, and a wood and brass case marked “W. & L. E. GURLEY / Troy, N.Y.” and “U.S.G.S.” and “264 FEET” AND “U.S.G.S.” The U.S. Geological Survey was organized in 1879 and transferred this tape to the Smithsonian in 1907.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Troy
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: PH.247948
label: catalog number
content: 247948
label: accession number
content: 47736
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Measuring Tape
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: fully extended: 264 in; 670.56 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 9 3/4 in; 14.605 cm x 24.765 cm