Name/Title
YardstickEntry/Object ID
2016.2.217Description
Measuring stick, wooden. Item is a wooden measuring stick with a complete length of 48 inches or four feet. Wood is finished and heavily scuffed. The front has measurement in inches on both the top and bottom, in a faded blue/black color. In the center there's large block print in the same ink reading, "AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK - St. Joseph, Missouri - 6th & Francis, Downtown - Ashland & Loverse Lane, Northeast - Extra Long on Service and Convenience". To the right end there is a block with unreadable top and bottom text, but with the "FDIC" logo and letters in the center. On one end of the stick there is a drilled hole. On the back of the measuring stick is, in a gothic print, "Encyclopedia Yardstick" and is decorated all over with stars and stylized atoms. Across the rest of the board are facts on categories such as, "SPEEDS", "DISTANCES", "WEIGHTS AND MEASURES", "LENGTHS", "CUBIC YARD CONCRETE", "S4S LUMBER", "NAIL LENGTHS", "DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS", "CIRCLE", and, "MISCELLANEOUS". 48"x1.5"Collection
St. Joseph, MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
YardstickNomenclature Primary Object Term
RulerNomenclature Class
Weights & Measures T&ENomenclature Category
Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology