[Cylinder tape measure]

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Cylinder tape measure with the top and bottom painted maroon in the center of the top is a brass folding flush handle which extends to the other side and looks like a button. The edge is painted gold and has a square opening with two cylinder posts that help the linen tape pull out. The tape is supposed to be 100ft long, but the 1st two inches have been torn off. The linen is yellow and is divided into feet, inches and fourths. Each foot starts over with 1 and instead of a 12 written in red is a F1, … continued below

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Height:1.5 cm, Length/Circumference:11.9 cm, Width/Diameter:

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Creator: Unknown. 1900.

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This physical object is part of the collection entitled: Fort Bend Museum Collection and was provided by the Fort Bend Museum to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 221 times. More information about this object can be viewed below.

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Fort Bend Museum

Since 1967, the Museum has preserved and interpreted state and county history. It provides a glimpse into life on the Brazos River through exhibit galleries, home museums, and a walking tour of historic Richmond. Among the Museum's materials are photos of prohibitionist Carrie A. Nation and "Mother of Texas" Janne Long.

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Cylinder tape measure with the top and bottom painted maroon in the center of the top is a brass folding flush handle which extends to the other side and looks like a button. The edge is painted gold and has a square opening with two cylinder posts that help the linen tape pull out. The tape is supposed to be 100ft long, but the 1st two inches have been torn off. The linen is yellow and is divided into feet, inches and fourths. Each foot starts over with 1 and instead of a 12 written in red is a F1, F2, F3, etc. Other than that, all lettering is in black. On both sides of the opening for the tape are stamps, on the right upside down is Lufkin / Made in the USA; on the left upside down is 100FT.

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Height:1.5 cm, Length/Circumference:11.9 cm, Width/Diameter:

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Collections department was contacted 1/19/1999 by Mr. William T. Snipes, attorney for Estate of Annie Joe Beeler. Mrs. Beeler bequeathed her grandfather's surveying equipment to the museum in her will. Mr. Glen Redding (Sugar Land (281) 277-2210) delivered the collection on 10/5/99 to sign paperwork on behalf of Beeler's sister Mary Ellen Whiteside of Bellaire.

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Fort Bend Museum Collection

Photographs of artifacts from the Fort Bend Museum and local area. Materials include images of U.S. Congressman John M. Moore, prohibitionist Carrie A. Nation, and Jane Long, the "Mother of Texas."

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  • 1900

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  • April 15, 2005, 8:45 a.m.

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  • April 16, 2007, 2:18 p.m.

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[Cylinder tape measure], physical object, 1900; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1887/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Bend Museum.

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