American Manufacturing Rule Advertising O. D. Morrill Typewriters
date: label: date made
content: 1931–1950
name: label: maker
content: American Manufacturing Concern
notes: label: Description
content: This 6" wooden rule is divided to 1/32" and numbered by ones. It is marked: AMER. MFG. CONCERN, FALCONER, N.Y. It is also marked: 314 S. State St., (/) Ann Arbor; SINCE (/) 1908; O. D. MORRILL (/) Typewriters, Adding & Office Machines; PHONE (/) 6615; Office Supplies (/) and Equipment.
label: Description
content: The back has two drawings of typewriters and is marked: O. D. MORRILL, 314 S. State St., Ann Arbor (/) Typewriters, Adding and Office Machines of All Makes (/) Bought – Sold – Rented – Exchanged – Cleaned – Repaired (/) <i>Office and Student Supplies – – – – – Stationery</i> (/) Since 1908 • <i>Typewriting and Mimeographing</i> • Phone 6615.
label: Description
content: In 1888 William T. Falconer and D. E. Merrill formed a partnership in Falconer, N.Y., to produce wooden items such as rulers, washing machines, and toys. The firm incorporated as American Manufacturing Concern in 1910. Between 1930 and 1950, the company shifted its emphasis to wooden furniture. In 1978 the firm was renamed Fancher Chair Company.
label: Description
content: Oscar David Morrill (c. 1884–1949) began selling office machines and supplies to University of Michigan students and local residents in 1908. The store was still on State Street in 1917, but by 1920, it advertised itself as on Nickels Arcade in Ann Arbor. From 1931 to at least 1958, the store again gave its address as 314 S. State Street. (The two locations are around the corner from each other.)
label: Description
content: References: Mattatuck Museum, "Apothecaries Hall Ruler," acc. no. 98.12.4, http://www.mattatuckcollections.org/Obj494$248; Fancher Chair Company, "Our History," http://fancherchair.com/history-fancher-chair.html; <i>Polk's Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Washtenaw County Directory</i> (Detroit: R. L. Polk & Co., 1917), 482; D. C. Millen, <i>Ann Arbor Guide</i> (Dewitt C. Millen, 1920), 13; University of Michigan, <i>Michiganensian</i> (Ann Arbor, 1931), 546.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Falconer
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Promotional Item
label: Subject
content: Rule, Measuring
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Scale Rules
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.335273
label: accession number
content: 314637
label: catalog number
content: 335273
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rule
label: Object Name
content: scale rule
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .3 cm x 15.3 cm x 2.1 cm; 1/8 in x 6 1/32 in x 13/16 in