Vemco Blue Dot Set of Drawing Instruments
date: label: date made
content: 1987
name: label: maker
content: Vemco Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: This yellow metal case is covered with black imitation leather, lined with black foam, and fastened with a brass snap on a leather tab. The case is marked: VEMCO. A brochure for VEMCO's three types of drafting machines and drafting machine accessories is inside the case. The set includes:
label: Description
content: 1) 6-1/2" stainless steel fixed-leg needle-point dividers marked on both sides: VEMCO USA. Blue dots are near the tips of the dividers.
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content: 2) 6-3/4" stainless steel bow pencil with blue dots near the points. The central nut is marked: VEMCO (/) MOD. L560 (/) U.S.A. PAT.
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content: 3) 4-3/4" stainless steel bow pencil with blue dots near the points. The central nut is marked: VEMCO (/) MOD. S570 (/) U.S.A. PAT.
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content: 4) 1-1/2" clear plastic cylindrical case with two leads and three needle points.
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content: 5) 2-1/8" stainless steel needle point in a small manila envelope marked: Contents (/) 61-9 Long Shoulder Needle (/) <i>For Use With</i> (/) VEMCO Pen Attachments.
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content: 6) 6" stainless steel extension bar marked: TOP.
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content: 7) 2-1/2" stainless steel extension needle point.
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content: Francis E. Vaughan and Floyd Eubanks founded V & E Manufacturing, or Vemco Corporation, in Pasadena, Calif., in 1939 to make high-quality drafting instruments. Eubanks patented eight drafting machines and drawing instruments in the early 1940s. The marks on the bow pencils probably refer to his patents, "Compass" (U.S. Patent 2,297,999 issued October 6, 1942), and "Compass" (U.S. Patent 2,298,000 issued October 6, 1942), which dealt with the design of the instrument and the process by which the metal parts were punched out during manufacturing. According to the donor, this set was manufactured in 1987.
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content: References: <i>Vemco Drafting Products Corporation</i>, http://www.vemcocorp.com/; accession file.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, San Dimas
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 Daniel A. Hearlihy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0589.03
label: accession number
content: 1987.0589
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0589.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing instruments, set of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: imitation leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: foam (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: stainless steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.8 cm x 22.5 cm x 13.3 cm; 1 3/32 in x 8 27/32 in x 5 1/4 in