Platform Scale

Object/Artifact

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Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Platform Scale

Entry/Object ID

1993.068.001

Description

Large white scale used in Harvey's Meat Market, platform type. Made by International Business Machine Co., Limited, Style #544, Capacity 30 lbs., Serial #617200. Weight scale. Indicator across top; round mirrors each side of back; oval mirror in back, oval mirror on front is in two sections. Scale is all white enamelled. At back of scale (which would face customer) the weight show in pounds and fractions thereof.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Harvey, Dudley

Notes

Accession Date: 01-Jul-93 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Scale

Nomenclature Class

Weights & Measures T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

platform scale

Created By

Greenlee, Lucy

Create Date

May 7, 1997

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 16, 2025