Balance
date: label: date made
content: 1920s
label: date made
content: 1920sx
name: label: maker
content: Placardo Scale Company
notes: label: Description
content: Grey metal counter scale with circular dial. The inscriptions read “PLACARDO SCALE MFG. CO. / NEW YORK, N.Y. / CAPACITY 10 LBS. / BY 1/2 OUNCE / PAT. APP. FOR” and “APPROVED / NEW YORK CITY / TYPE / SERIAL / R-10.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of City of New York
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0514.25
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0514.25
label: accession number
content: 1983.0514
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
label: Object Type
content: Scales
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 43.2 cm x 40.5 cm x 22.3 cm; 17 in x 15 15/16 in x 8 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 3/4 in x 15 1/4 in x 5 3/8 in; 42.545 cm x 38.735 cm x 13.6525 cm