Lumber Scale
date: label: date made
content: after 1920
name: label: advertiser
content: Lehigh Portland Cement Company
label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Celluloid lumber and cement scale. It is rectangular with two interior dials and is printed in blue and red. One side calculates the quantity of materials requred to make one cubic yard of rammed concrete. The other side calculates the number of feet boards contained in various sizes of lumber. Lehigh Cement Company was founded in 1897.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
label: referenced
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Allentown
label: referenced
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.0523
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0523
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gauge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.8 cm x 6.5 cm; 4 5/8 in x 2 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/16 in x 4 11/16 in x 2 1/2 in; .15875 cm x 11.90625 cm x 6.35 cm