Broomfield Lumber Company Yardstick

Art

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Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Broomfield Lumber Company Yardstick

Entry/Object ID

2015.24.1

Description

A one yard (36") long wood measuring stick. Text and numbers are in black. One side has text that includes " Broomfield Lumber Co." and "Broomfield Colo." and a company logo of a man holding a tile with an earth on it. Text says"Atlas Board/Fiber-sized Dip Primed/Atlas Tile/Finer Finish Superior Strength." The other side of the yardstick says "Atlas Tile manufactured by Central Fibre Products Company, Inc." and "Hutchinson, KS," and "Chicago, IL."

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Yardstick

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Ruler

Nomenclature Class

Weights & Measures T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Search Terms

Broomfield Lumber Company, business-Broomfield

Parts

Count

1

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Reese, Neta

Provenance

Notes

Henry Monaghan owned Monahan Road Construction, which built Highway 287. He married Neta Reese (widow of Roy Reese). Roy Reese bought the Hogsett Lumber and Mercantile Company sometime during or after 1921. In 1923 the lumber company was called the Miller-Reese Lumber Company and was owned by Mostyn Miller and Neta (then a widow). Joseph Huddart purchased the company in 1924 and it was listed in the Boulder Directory as the Broomfield Lumber Company. Neta and Henry Monaghan's son-in-law gave the yardstick to Gladys Forshee who donated it to the museum.