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Measuring tape

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Collection Type

  • Relics and Souvenirs

Date

undated

Location Note

Box 6

GUSN

GUSN-294436

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Description

A small measuring tape in a metal holder with an image of a ship passing under a bridge on the Cape Cod Canal on one side and a windmill on the other.

Details

Descriptive Terms

windmills
memorabilia
bridges (built works)
canals
ships
tape measures

Physical Description

1 measuring tape

Collection Code

MS028

Collection Name

Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

Reference Code

MS028.03.220

Places

Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts) [canal]
Cape Cod (Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [peninsula]

Record Details

Material Type

tape measures

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Box 6

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