Name/Title
Scale from the Alameda High School Chemistry Lab, prior 1908Entry/Object ID
2007.30.8Description
ACC. NO. 07.30.8
SUBJECT CATEGORY: SCHOOLS, ALAMEDA HIGH
DATE OR PERIOD: UNKNOWN
OBJECT: SCALE
DESCRIPTION:
AN OBLONG CASE IN A DARK WOOD, WITH A NATURAL FINISH AND CENTRAL COLUMN OF BRASS THAT SUPPORTS TWO WEIGHING PANS SUSPENDED BY METAL HOLDERS. THE COLUMN HAS AN ATTACHED SEAL MADE OF CELLULOID OR BONE, WITH THE NAME "F W BRAUN CO., LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO."
SIZE: THE PLATFORM OR BOX MEASURES 9" IN LENGTH AND 18" IN WIDTH.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A SCALE FROM THE CHEMISTRY LAB OF ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS OBTAINED BY THE LATE ARCHIE WATERBURY WHO HAD ATTENDED CLASSES AT ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL.
DONOR: ESTATE OF ARCHIE WATERBURY
CATALOGED: AUGUST 18, 2007Interpretative Labels
Label
11/6/2020 MvL: part of sign ‘0BJECTS FROM EARLY SCHOOLS OF ALAMEDA’, last object (Reading from left to right)
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+ Chemistry lab scale, Alameda High School