Muslin tape measure with steel ring attached at beginning; printed black numerals; originally designed to be housed in a case; case missing.
tape measures
muslin
steel (alloy)
Rule, Retractable
Measure, Tape
Measure, Tape
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
England
61 1/4 x 7/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.616
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