Set, Drafting

Object Name:

Set, Drafting

Object ID:

2007.070.12

Creator:

Brodhead-Garrett

Place of Origin:

Germany

Date:

1960-1970

Description:

Set of stainless steel drafting tools in case. Tools include two drawing compasses, and several replacement parts and extensions. Fit into formed slots in case. "B/G / GERMANY" engraved on large compass; "MADE IN GERMANY" on small compass; no markings on other parts. Case is rectangular with tapered edges to flat sides. Black leatherette outside, with blue felt inside. Fabric hinge along long edge. "BRODHEAD - GARRETT / B/G No. A 2411" in gold on top of case.

Material:

Metal
Leather

Provenance:

Surveying and drafting equipment owned and used by Asa H. Morgan (1904-1994) of Bow and Allenstown, NH. The son of Wallace and Ada Noyes Morgan, Asa graduated from Pembroke Academy in 1921 and attended the University of New Hampshire. He worked the family farm on Bow Bog Road in Bow, surveyed land, and delivered milk to H. P. Hood. He worked as a surveyor from 1950 to the early 1970s. His survey work included Interstate Route 93 in New Hampshire. Mr. Morgan served four years as a state representative, two years as a state senator, and twenty years as a county commissioner. He was a member of the Grange, IOOF, and 32nd degree Mason.

The donor, Rita M. Clough Morgan (1913-2011), was the wife of Asa Morgan.

Credit Line:

Gift of Rita C. Morgan

People:

Morgan, Asa H. (1903-1994)

Subjects:

Measures, Measuring, Drafting, Drawing