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Metadata
Object ID # |
2010.027.032 |
Object Name |
Yardstick |
Title |
Advertising Yardstick from Legate's Furniture Store |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Date |
20th-century |
Made |
Acme |
Place of Origin |
Canada |
Description |
36-inch wooden yardstick with "Rugs and Linoleum / LEGATE FURNITURE CO. / PHONE 45 / Kroehler Chesterfield Suites" printed in black under the number scale. "Acme Made In Canada" is printed on both sides between the numbers 0 and 2. |
Makers mark |
Printed: "Acme Made In Canada" |
Provenance |
Manufactured by the Acme company, in Canada. Dates to the 20th-century. It belonged to George Manjuris, a businessman and resident of Owen Sound, Grey County. It was last owned by his daughter, Athryn Athena Manjuris. She died in Owen Sound on February 17, 2010, at the age of eighty-nine. She is buried with her parents in Greenwood Cemetery. This item was found among others in her Estate. |
Collection |
Commercial Equipment Collection |
Material |
Wood/Ink/Varnish |
Dimensions |
W-3 L-91.5 D-0.6 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Legate, Walter A. Legate, William Manjuris, George Manjuris, Athryn Athena |
Subjects |
Owen Sound Business Owen Sound Businesses Rulers Advertising |
Search Terms |
Owen Sound Businesses |