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Graphic Deluxe Proportional Scale
Graphic Deluxe Proportional Scale
Graphic Deluxe Proportional Scale

Graphic Deluxe Proportional Scale

Manufacturer / Maker (Bloomfield, Connecticut, 1939 - 2012)
Dateca. 1979
Mediumplastic
Dimensions6 × 6 in. (15.2 × 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Denise Tessier
Object numberPC2023.34.6
DescriptionA graphic deluxe proportional scale used to measure and scale images and text for newspaper articles. This white circular object has a cream colored center and three scales around the outside with black text. The first ranges from 1 to 90, the next from 1 to 90 and the final from 90 to 160. These scales include fractional sizes and grow exponentially around the outside of the object, there are also labels around each scale denoting what they are used for. The object title and manufacturer information is in the center, as well as further instruction for scale use.
On View
Not on view
Scale
Chatillon
ca. 1880
Scale
Chatillon
ca. 1880
Scale
Chatillon
ca. 1880
Scales
unidentified
1920
Balance Scale
unidentified
1850
Keuffel & Esser Co. Slide Rule
Keuffel & Esser Co.
1939
Passover Seder Plate
unidentified
ca. 1900
Post Slide Rule
Frederick Post Co.
1942
Difference in Time
Kenji Nakahashi
1980, printed 1985
Steam Boiler Pressure Gauge
PNM Forerunners
c. 1915
Alvarado Hotel Room #90 Key and Tag
Alvarado Hotel, Fred Harvey Co.
ca. 1940