Rule, Folding
- Object Name:
- Rule, Folding
- Object ID:
- 2016.057.03
- Place of Origin:
- New Britain, CT
- Date:
- 1920-1930
- Description:
- Quarry worker's folding rule. Used by Charles R. Maxwell (1866-1950) in Swenson Granite Quarry, Concord, NH, 1920s-30s. Boxwood rule in four sections, with brass joints and ends. Opens to 24" length. Stamped "STANLEY No 84", "STANLEY RULE / & LEVEL CO. WARRANTED", and "NEW BRITAIN, CONN. / U.S.A. / BOXWOOD". One edge clad with brass.
- Material:
- Wood
Boxwood
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- W-1 L-6.35 D-0.35 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Charles R. Maxwell (1866-1950) while working in Swenson Granite Quarry, Concord, NH, 1920s-30s. By 1935, he was listed as foreman in Concord Directory.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Daren Sweatt
- People:
- Maxwell, Charles R. (1866-1950)
- Subjects:
- Granite quarrying, Rulers, Measuring
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