Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Title from accompanying material.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
xd07rz964
label
Eugene Dietzgen wallet case of drawing instruments
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
xd07rz964
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Eugene Dietzgen wallet case of drawing instruments
description
Title from accompanying material.
date
["[ca. 1842–2021]"]
year
1842
rights
The Lewis H. Latimer Society, Inc. owns outright all of the materials in these collections.
rightsUri
This work is in the public domain under a Creative Commons No Rights Reserved License (CC0).
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
identifierLocal
1_1_44
institution
Lewis H. Latimer Society & Museum
collections
Lewis H. Latimer Society Chelsea
genreBasic
Objects
genreSpecific
Drafting equipment
typeOfResource
Artifact
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
institutionArkId
0p09g962w
collectionArkId
k356k7952
extent
1 item
notes
Title from accompanying material.
This folding cardboard and wood case is covered with black Morocco leather and lined with green velvet. The snap for the case is marked: CHICAGO (/) NEW YORK. Between the words is the trademark for the Eugene Dietzgen Company, superimposed letters E and D surrounded by the letters Co. Inside the top flap is marked: EUGENE DIETZGEN CO. (/) CHICAGO - NEW YORK (/) SAN FRANCISCO. NEW ORLEANS. The set includes: / 1) 6-1/2" German silver proportional dividers. One leg is marked for lines, and the other is marked for circles. Characters such as a double-barred T are engraved inside both legs. / 2) 6-1/4" German silver and steel dividers with removable needle, pencil, and pen points and extension bar. / 3) 1-1/2" cylindrical metal case for leads, with three leads and two needle points. / 4) 2-3/8" German silver and steel screwdriver. Its storage compartment is empty. / 5) 2-3/4" German silver handle. 6) 5-1/2" aluminum and steel drawing pen. The joint tightener may be missing, but the set appears to otherwise be intact and original. No sets containing proportional dividers were found in Dietzgen catalogs issued between 1902 and 1954, so it is likely that this set was special ordered by an individual or school. This style of case was sold between 1902 and 1931, which is consistent with the dates of other objects received from this donor.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
xd07rz964
type
object
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
5bba7edc46e05436