Wooden level.

Metadata

Title

Wooden level.

Description

Wooden level, reinforced with small steel plates on the ends and on one side. A device used for establishing a horizontal line or plane. tool, Stanley level, catalog # 3.. Board equipped with a small glass tube of alcohol or oil and a tiny air bubble floating in the center of the tube to show levelness; tool. This type of level was not readily adapted until after the Civil War. This particular level has two tubes of alcohol or oil, one parallel to the height of the level and one in the center, parallel to the length. Dark wood- cherry. On either side, there is an elongated oblong-shaped indentation in the center.

Type

spirit level

Accession Number

ccccp 170

Cataloged By

Carol Hickey

Condition

some chips, vitals intact. Fair. 2-7-85

History

In file: copy of agreement to loan level to lee Clemmer for promotional photograph, 7-9-85.

Markings

"W" is lightly carved into the top.

Negative Number

19a, 20a

Measurements

H- 3.125" L- 30.125"

Photo Roll Number

Date Cataloged

1985-02-07

Citation

“Wooden level.,” Carpenters' Company Digital Archive & Museum, accessed April 16, 2024, https://archive.carpentershall.org/items/show/22296.