Tape, Surveyor's - Julius H. Adams

 
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Tape, Surveyor's - Julius H. Adams
Tape, Surveyor's - Julius H. Adams
Tape, Surveyor's - Julius H. Adams
Tape, Surveyor's - Julius H. Adams

Tape, Surveyor's - Julius H. Adams

Object number2015.002.04
Date1900
MediumLinen, Metal, Paint
Dimensions1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
  • Measure, tape
DescriptionA Surveyor’s Tape used by Julius H. Adams, a self-taught surveyor who helped distinguish land lines in Bradley and Calhoun counties, Arkansas. Adams was born March 6, 1847 in Coosa County, Alabama. In 1864, he joined Company “B” Flippin’s Battalion and served in the Civil War until the surrender in 1865. After the Civil War, Adams married Nancy Hargis on January 4, 1866 in Bradley County, Arkansas and worked as a self-taught surveyor and eventually as a Timber Estimator for the Arkansas Lumber Company in Warren, Arkansas. He and his family lived in a residence built by Adams near Warren. Adams died January 27, 1927 in Bradley County.

The tape is made of linen, metal, and paint. The tape is composed of white linen with various unit measurements painted on with red and black paint. One end of the tape is knotted with the other ending with a metal bracket. Surveyor's Tape was used to measure horizontal, vertical, and slope distances. Linen tape was made to be light and handy, but could not withstand much wear and tear. It was not used for accurate surveying work, but taking subsidiary measurements.
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