Straight Edge Signed Eberhard Faber
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
name: label: maker
content: Faber, Eberhard
notes: label: Description
content: This undivided, black hard rubber rule is beveled along both long edges. It is marked: EBERHARD FABER (/) NEW YORK. John Eberhard Faber (1822–1879) began making pencils in New York City in 1861. In 1872 his factory moved from Manhattan to Brooklyn, where it remained until 1956. The company also made and sold other office supplies, expanding in 1898 by forming the Eberhard Faber Rubber Company of Newark, N.J., to make erasers and rubber bands. Compare this object to MA.319738.
label: Description
content: Reference: Donald G. Presa, "Eberhard Faber Pencil Company Historic District Designation Report," New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, 2007, http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/Eberhard_Faber.pdf.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Drawing Instruments
label: Subject
content: Engineering
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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 Carl M. Hostrup
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MA.327306
label: accession number
content: 266152
label: catalog number
content: 327306
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rule
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: hard rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .4 cm x 60.8 cm x 4.2 cm; 5/32 in x 23 15/16 in x 1 21/32 in