John Deere
date: label: date made
content: 1917
name: label: advertiser
content: Deere & Company
label: depicted
content: Deere, John
label: maker
content: Parisian Novelty Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A tape measure in a celluloid case of cream celluloid with yellow and green on the front and back. Advertising copy for the John Deere Company includes a profile portrait of John Deere with the message, "He gave to the world the steel plow," underneath. The other side bears the John Deere logo.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Farming
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Advertising
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content: Agriculture
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.0927
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.0927
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tape measure
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (tape material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 3.5 cm; 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 3.81 cm