Name/Title
Fairbanks Floor Scale of Dr. Alice Challen, prior 1965Entry/Object ID
2007.33.1Description
ACC. NO. 07.33.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DOCTORS, MEDICAL
DATE OR PERIOD: UNKNOWN
OBJECT: SCALE
DESCRIPTION:
A FLOOR SCALE. RECTANGULAR-BASE SUPPORTS A SHAFT UPON WHICH RESTS A WEIGHING MECHANISM OF NICKEL-PLATED BRASS. ATTACHED TO THE SHAFT IS AN ADJUSTABLE MEASURING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING HEIGHTS OF MEDICAL PATIENTS. BASE AND SHAFT APPEAR TO HAVE THE ORIGINAL RED-COLORED PAINT AND A TRANSFER LABEL STATING, "FAIRBANKS." THE SCALE WAS LAST INSPECTED IN 1965 BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (FOR WEIGHT ACCURACY). SIZE: HEIGHT: 57"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A SCALE WHICH BELONGED TO DR ALICE CHALLEN. SHE PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: "DR CHALLEN JOINED DR BURKE IN HER PRACTICE IN THE 1930'S AND INHERITED THE SCALE FROM HER. DR CHALLEN MOVED TO SANTA CLARA AVENUE AND CHESTNUT STREET IN 1944 AND THEN TO 2059 CLINTON AVENUE IN 1955. SHE RETIRED IN 1975. SCALE WAS GIVEN TO JACKIE REYNOLDS, WHOM DR CHALLEN DELIVERED, AS WELL AS JACKIE'S FIRST-BORN."
DONOR: JACKIE REYNOLDS
CATALOGED: AUGUST 18, 2007Interpretative Labels
Label
11/10/2020 MvL: current sign:
MEDICAL SCALE
Medical scale from the office of long-time Alameda physician, Dr. Alice Challen.
Donated by Jackie Reynolds.
