Dietzgen Wallet Case of Drawing Instruments
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
name: label: maker
content: Eugene Dietzgen Company
notes: label: Description
content: This folding cardboard and wood case is covered with black morocco leather and lined with green velvet. The snap for the case is marked: CHICAGO (/) NEW YORK. Between the words is the trademark for the Eugene Dietzgen Company, superimposed letters E and D surrounded by the letters Co. Inside the top flap is marked: EUGENE DIETZGEN CO. (/) CHICAGO—NEW YORK (/) SAN FRANCISCO. NEW ORLEANS. The set includes:
label: Description
content: 1) 6-1/2" German silver proportional dividers. One leg is marked for lines, and the other is marked for circles. Characters such as a double-barred T are engraved inside both legs.
label: Description
content: 2) 6-1/4" German silver and steel dividers with removable needle, pencil, and pen points and extension bar.
label: Description
content: 3) 1-1/2" cylindrical metal case for leads, with three leads and two needle points.
label: Description
content: 4) 2-3/8" German silver and steel screwdriver. Its storage compartment is empty.
label: Description
content: 5) 2-3/4" German silver handle.
label: Description
content: 6) 5-1/2" aluminum and steel drawing pen.
label: Description
content: The joint tightener may be missing, but the set appears to otherwise be intact and original. No sets containing proportional dividers were found in Dietzgen catalogs issued between 1902 and 1954, so it is likely that this set was special ordered by an individual or school. This style of case was sold between 1902 and 1931, which is consistent with the dates of other objects received from this donor.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Drafting, Engineering
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Drawing Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Llewellyn N. Edwards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.325683
label: accession number
content: 257193
label: catalog number
content: 325683
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing instruments, set of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: german silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 cm x 19.4 cm x 10 cm; 1 3/16 in x 7 5/8 in x 3 15/16 in