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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Cloth tape measure

1850-1860

Plastic tape measure in form of three-masted galleon

1920-1930

Girth tape

Linen tape on reel, marked with 'Wurttenberg'

Linen tape on reel, marked with 'Vienna'

Standard steel tape (36" + 1"), in nickel case, with pocket case

Tapes measuring - repair outfit No.2

1955

100-Foot tape measure, British, 1928

1928

Tape measure, British, 1981-1985

1981-1985

Metal tape measure, British, 1928

1928

6-Foot tape measure, British, 1923-1928

1923-1928

100-Foot invar tape measure, British, 1912

1912

10-Meter tape measure, French, 1880-1920

1880-1920

London & North Eastern Railway

Spring-wound measuring tape

1920-1930

Tape measure in leather case

1971

Four Insertion Tapes for measuring upper arm, St. Albans, England, 1992

1992

Linen tape on reel, marked with 'Bavaria'

Social distancing measure

2020

50-Foot tape measure with notebook, British, 1846-1860

1846-1860

Wired-linen tape measure sample, British, 1928

1928

Tape measure, British, 1977

1977

Invar metal tape measure, British, 1927

1927

'Range' tape measure, British, 1910-1912

1910-1912

12-Foot tape measure, British, 1923-1928

1923-1928

Linen 20-metre tape, British, 1951-1960

1951-1960

Linen tape measure in turned bone cylinder, with ivory spool; pierced for Stanhope lens.

Centimetre tape measure with aperture for microphotograph

Tape measure with circular walnut phenolic casing and steel tape, turned by push button in centre, measures inches, foreign, 1930s?

Tape measure with circular walnut phenolic casing and steel tape

1921-1940

Great Western Railways tape measure (100ft), in circular leather casing with brass trim. Made by John Rabone and Sons, Birmingham. Stamped "GWR". 15mm diam. x 30mm

Great Western Railway tape measure

"Permaline" 26/8', 20 metre measuring tape with box by Rabone Chesterman Limited, England, 1977

'Permaline' measuring tape, British, 1977

1977

Tape measure, steel, 200ft, for use by Permanent-Way Surveyors, made by Hilger & Watts, marked `Resident Engineer, British Railways Chief Civil Engineers Dept., Kings Cross Eastern Division, in wooden case, c.1965

Tape measure

Great Western Railway 33ft. tape measure, leather disc type

Great Western Railway tape measure

Girth tape, Chesterman, 10ft, and links

Girth tape