Lufkin Ni-Clad! It's not a battery, it's a metal tape measure that you have to crank by hand. I think it's from the 1950s?

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Oldphemera

Is this really ephemera? Nah. Is it old as fuck? SURE IS! And such a lovely found object it is, too. Look at that the Lufkin Rule Co. fond. It doesn't rewind itself, either - that little flappy bit in...

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