Fruit and Vegetable Scale, Used by the Krasnoff Family at Eastern Market, Detroit, Michigan, 1923-1940

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Scale (Weighing device)

Subject Date

1923-1940

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2021.154.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Joanie and Richard Rizzio.

Material

Metal
Paint (Coating)
Wire

Color

Green
White (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 25.25 in
Width: 12.25 in
Length: 19.75 in

Inscriptions

on front: PENN SCALE / Philadelphia, PA / N.Y.C. AND PENNA. / [?]OVED TYPE SERIAL V-10 on front of tag: PEDDLER / D'35 on back of tag: TESTED & SEALED / SPERAMUS MELIORA / RESU[?] ERIQUS / CITY OF DETROIT
Fruit and Vegetable Scale, Used by the Krasnoff Family at Eastern Market, Detroit, Michigan, 1923-1940