Manual: Directions for Using the Favorite Farm Level, No. 5691. Issued by K&E, N.Y. (Hoboken), copyright 1924.
Entry/Object ID
2011.005.0075
Scope and Content
Instruction manual: Directions for Using the Favorite Farm Level, No. 5691. Manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Co., New York. Copyright 1924.
Pamphlet, 4-1/8" high x 5-1/4 wide, 13 pp. plus foldout diagram. PDF on file.
The fold-out depicts on one side the leveling rod (and target) furnished with the level. The other side has a keyed diagram of the level which stays folded out so that the user can refer to it when reading the instructions. In use, the booklet is 15-3/4" wide. Typically issued in the wooden box that stored the surveying level.
Unstated is that K&E had their main offices and factory in Hoboken when this was issued. The New York location was the 'Parent House' for the showroom and retail operation located there.
See related: objects 2009.006.0036 for a farm level with a copyright 1920 version of this manual which has a different format.
This surveying instrument was in the catalogs up until about 1940, so this version may have been issued for several years.
Acquisition
Accession
2011.005
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
