Triangle
- Object Name:
- Triangle
- Object ID:
- 2007.070.13
- Place of Origin:
- United States
- Date:
- 1960-1970
- Description:
- Drafting triangle. Translucent plastic triangle, with one each 30 degree, 60 degree, and 90 degree angle. Marked "MADE / IN / U.S.A." and hand-etched with initials "AHM".
- Material:
- Plastic
- Dimensions:
- H-5.7 W-0.1 L-9.9 inches
- 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)
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