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photographic meter stick
photographic meter stick

photographic meter stick

Datecirca 1975
Inventory Number1998-1-0307
ClassificationMeter rule
Subject
    Maker Central Scientific Company 1889 - 2000
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions100.1 × 3.6 × 0.5 cm (39 7/16 × 1 7/16 × 3/16 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionWooden meter stick printed a scale in millimeters on both edges of both sides. On one side the scales are printed in black on a white background; on the opposite side the scales are printed in white on a black background.
          Curatorial RemarksThe 1975 edition of the CENCO catalog is the earliest containing this photographic meter stick.
          FunctionUsed to indicate the size of objects in photographs.
          Central Scientific Co. meter stick
          Central Scientific Co. meter stick
          Central Scientific Company
          Date: circa 1950
          Accessories: steel French meter standard (1998-1-0295a); iron clamp stands (1998-1-0295c, d)
          Object number: 1998-1-0295b
          wooden meter stick
          wooden meter stick
          Central Scientific Company
          Date: circa 1950
          Object number: 1998-1-0303
          wooden meter stick with accessories
          wooden meter stick with accessories
          Central Scientific Company
          Date: 1920
          Accessories: one full and one half pair caliper jaws; metal pointer; pair of iron stands
          Object number: 1998-1-0296
          wooden meter stick
          wooden meter stick
          Central Scientific Company
          Date: circa 1950
          Object number: 1998-1-0299
          wooden meter stick
          wooden meter stick
          American
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 1998-1-0300
          meter stick with unidentified attachments
          meter stick with unidentified attachments
          L. E. Knott Apparatus Company
          Date: circa 1915
          Object number: 1998-1-0302
          brass meter standard, in stands
          brass meter standard, in stands
          French
          Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
          Accessories: two wooden stands; information card
          Object number: 1998-1-0301
          four-sided meter stick
          four-sided meter stick
          Stanley Works
          Date: 1920
          Object number: 1998-1-0298
          brass meter stick
          brass meter stick
          American
          Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century
          Object number: 2007-1-0130
          French meter rule
          French meter rule
          Stanley Rule & Level Company
          Date: circa 1899
          Object number: 1998-1-0305
          brass meter standard
          brass meter standard
          Etienne Lenoir
          Date: circa 1794
          Object number: DW0535
          National Company circular slide rule and world time's chart
          National Company circular slide rule and world time's chart
          National Company, Inc.
          Date: 1947
          Object number: 1998-1-1381