Images(3)

Ruler

Object number2011.101.10 a,b

Manufacturer General Hardware Manufacturing Company, Inc.

OriginNew York, NY

Mediumsteel; paper

Credit LineGift of Patricia Campbell

DescriptionSteel ruler with cardboard holder. Ruler has round end.Dimensions(a) L: 6.25 ; W: .5
(b) L: 6.5 ; W: 2.25
Inscriptions(a)
Engraved measurements.

On one side: "USE / SLIDING CLIP / AAS A / DEPTH GAUGE / Decimal / Equivalents" followed by conversions.
Marks(a)
Product information on rounded tip "STAINLESS / STEEL"; "42F".

(b)
Black and white print: "GENERAL / 6 INCH / STAINLESS STEEL RULE / FOR MACHINISTS, TOOLMAKERS, HOBBYISTS, ETC. MADE IN U.S.A. / GENERAL HARDWARE MFG. CO. INC. NEW YORK, N.Y. 10013".

Historical NotesDonor Patricia Campbell's husband, Clyde H. Campbell, worked for NAVCO (National Valve and Manufacturing Company) from 1967 to 1985. NAVCO was a pipe and valve manufacturing firm started by Henry E. Haller. They had two local plants in Etna and Lawrenceville. Radiographers would test the welds on the pipes to make sure they were sound. Campbell served four years in the U.S. Navy before apprenticing at NAVCO at the age of 23. The plant closed in 1985, during the recession, which decimated much of the industrial sector in the region. Campbell then worked as a radiographer at a Beaver nuclear power plant. His family attributes his death from leukemia to radiation exposure, but said that they can not prove this.

Related institution National Valve and Manufacturing Company

Previous owner Clyde H. Campbell

Related institution United States Navy

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