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- OBJECT TYPE
- IMPERIAL YARD/DOUBLE/SLIDING
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0275.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Acme
- MODEL
- ELIAS ROGERS CO. LTD.
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD RULES/ METAL BRACKETS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 91.5 cm
- Width
- 3.4 cm
- Height
- 1.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Length
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Acme
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
USED AS PROMOTIONAL ITEM BY CANADIAN FIRM ELIAS ROGERS CO. OF 357 BAY ST., TORONTO - RETAIL COAL BUSINESS FOUNDED BY ELIAS ROGERS IN 1876. - Function
-
USED FOR MEASURING UP TO 72 INCHES OR AS STRAIGHTEDGE; ALSO SERVING AS ADVERTISING ITEM. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RULE 1: BLACK LETTERING READING "Phone ADelaide 5151 [SIC] The ELIAS ROGERS Co. Ltd. Oil Burners - Heat Regulators - Stokers" ON FRONT & ON BACK "Coal - Coke - Fuel Oil The ELIAS ROGERS Co. Ltd." & "ACME MADE IN CANADA"/ RULE 2: BLACK LETTERING READING "A GOOD RULE - Phone ADelaide 5151 [SIC] The ELIAS ROGERS Co. Ltd. - for COAL or COKE" & "ACMEMADE IN CANADA" ON ONE SIDE; "The Very Best - COAL - COKE - Phone ADelaide 5151 [SIC]/ BLACK MARKINGS & LETTERING FOR 1-36 INCHES ON EACH SIDE OF BOTH
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- COATED WOOD/ METAL FINISH OBSCURED BY CORROSION
- Decoration
- TWO CLUSTERS OF 4 DOTS ON EACH SIDE OF RULE 1
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Acme, Rule, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2001.0275, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2001.0275.001/
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