compass, surveyor's

Object/Artifact

Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland

Name/Title

compass, surveyor's

Entry/Object ID

G 4959

Description

8.25"h x 14.5"w x 7.25"d. Compass-round brass compass with glass face in center, two brass arms bent up at 90 degrees with slits and holes. Inscribed on face: "G: CHANDLEE WIN. S. DUVALL."

Exhibition

Carroll at 250: People, Place, and the Making of History

General Notes

Note Type

Paper Tag

Note

Per HSCC newsletter June 1960, loan from J. Harry Koller, Sr. NOTE: HSCC newsletter, Vol. 20, #4, Nov 1971 pays tribute to "J. Harry Koller who died at the Carroll County General Hospital on September 22, 1971 . . . The unusual exhibit of rare surveyor's instruments in the Shellman House basement is one of his gifts to the Society."