Wray Pump & Register Co. ruler
Wray Pump & Register Co. ruler
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- Description (Brief)
- An advertising novelty for Wray Pump & Register Co., and their selling agent, Brandenburg & Co. It unfolds like a carpenter's rule and has advertising and useful data on engines and tire pressure printed on both sides.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- ruler
- date made
- ca 1905
- maker
- Bastian Brothers Company
- place made
- United States: New York, Rochester
- Physical Description
- cellulose nitrate (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.4 cm x 45 cm x.1 cm; 15/16 in x 17 11/16 in x 1/16 in
- overall: 1/16 in x 6 5/8 in x 1 in;.15875 cm x 16.8275 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.1103
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.1103
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Celluloid
- Advertising
- Measuring & Mapping
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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