HCO Stencil
Date1940-1960
Inventory Number2014-1-0069
ClassificationDrawing
Subject
Maker
American
User
Oak Ridge Station
1931 - 2005
User
George R. Agassiz Station, Harvard
1951 - 1982
User
Harvard College Observatory
founded 1839
Cultural Region
Dimensions6.4 × 10.2 × 0.2 cm (2 1/2 × 4 × 1/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionA metal plaque of brass with interlocking stencil letters, HCO. Paint residue remains from use in stenciling letters on crates.
Signedstencil: HCO
ProvenanceOak Ridge Observatory; transferred to CHSI, November 2014.
Historical AttributesFrom Oak Ridge Observatory's workshop. The stencil was used to mark crates for shipping and storing instruments and glass plates.
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Date: mid 20th Century
Object number: 2014-1-0075
Hammond Typewriter Company
Date: circa 1923
Accessories: four Hammond type shuttles for different type faces, each with a wooden storage box; four laminated paper rectangles with symbol placement guide; instruction book, instruction sheets, advertisements, and correspondence (in object file)
Object number: 1996-1-0373
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0199
James G. Baker
Date: 1949-1951
Object number: 2017-1-0004
Date: circa 1950
Accessories: 4- 15.5" x 19.5"
Object number: 1998-1-0948
Charrette Corporation
Date: after 1986
Object number: 2014-1-0153
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0470
Keuffel & Esser Company
Date: circa 1954
Accessories: mahogany case
Object number: 1997-1-1997