Name/Title
Wooden Marking Gauge of James Millington, c. 1880Entry/Object ID
1984.20.10Description
ACC. NO. 84.20.10
SUBJECT CATEGORY: Tools, Carpenter
DATE OR PERIOD: C. 1880
OBJECT: Wooden Marking Gauge
DESCRIPTION: Made of beech; two-handed marking gauge unsigned.
HISTORY OF OBJECT: Hand tool of James Millington, pioneer resident of Alameda, who came here in C. 1854 and was responsible for building the first schoolhouse in Alameda (at the old Lincoln School site), called Alameda School and which eventually became Wilson and then Lincoln. He later became City Clerk and died in 1906. His son, Frank Millington, was an early Alameda fireman.
ACQUIRED FROM: Mr. and Mrs. Jerome R. Lanzit
DATE: August 18, 1984
