Rule, Log
- Object Name:
- Rule, Log
- Object ID:
- 2009.039.02
- Place of Origin:
- Saginaw, MI
- Date:
- circa 1920
- Description:
- Lumber rule. Maple. Incised scales on all four sides, with stamped numerals based on the Vermont Log Rule formula. One face stamped "VERMONT". Other face stamped "THE LUFKIN RULE CO. / SAGINAW, U.S.A." T-shaped iron cap on one end.
- Material:
- Wood
Maple
Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- W-2.4 L-36.1 D-0.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Allen & Hall lumber company, Rochester, NH, for measuring logs.
Established in the early 1920s by Leroy E. Allen (1884-1956) of Dudley, MA, Allen & Hall were contract lumber dealers and manufacturers who moved to Rochester, NH. The business was eventually taken over by Leroy Allen's son, Kenneth L. Allen (1916-2002), around 1950. The company purchased trees on private lots, cut the timber, and contracted to make lumber into crates and boxes for product packaging and shipping. They also operated a commercial lumber yard on Allen Street in Rochester. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Ann Lindner
- Subjects:
- Lumber industry, Lumberyards, Measures
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