| The Davistown Museum |
| Center for the Study of Early Tools |
| Scattered throughout The Davistown Museum are tools by important manufacturers who are also the subject of |
| information files compiled by the museum. This is a listing of our holdings for: |
| L.S. Starrett Co. |
| | Status | Location |
| The Industrial Revolution (1865f.): Classic Period of American Machinists' Tools |
| Hammers |
| 9416LTC1 | Toolmaker's hammer and magnifying glass | DA | TT (Pub) |
| Tool steel, glass, rubber, 7" long, 2 7/16" long, 3/4" diameter face, signed "THE L.S. STARRETT CO. ATHOL, MASS. U.S.A. No. 815". |
| Machinists' Tools |
| 5915T1 | Speed dial indicator | bio | DTM | TT |
| Steel, nickel, 5 1/8" long, 1 7/8" tall, 5/8" thick, signed "THE L.S. STARRETT CO. ATHOL, MASS. U.S.A.". |
| Measuring Tools |
| 111900T14 | Center finder | bio | DTM | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, 6 5/8" long with a 6" pivoting arm, signed "The L S Starrett Co Athol Mass USA". |
| DATM (Nelson 1999, 751) contains historical information on L. S. Starrett Co. |
| 32708T46 | Compass | bio | photo | DA | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, 7 1/2" long, 8" wide, signed "THE L S STARRETT Co" and "ATHOL MASS U.S.A.". |
| Laroy S. Starrett Co.'s working dates were from 1880 to the present day. |
| 111900T12 | Dividers | bio | DTM | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, 3 13/16" long, signed "Starrett Athol Mass". |
| DATM (Nelson 1999, 751) contains historical information on L. S. Starrett Co. |
| 111900T9 | Double square | bio | photo | DA | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, 4" rule, signed "No 13", "The L.S.S. CO.", and "HARDENED NO 1". |
| The accompanying bevel blade is not available. DATM (Nelson 1999, 751) contains historical information on L. S. Starrett Co. of Athol, MA. |
| 72002T4 | Height gauge | bio | LPC | MH-I |
| Steel, 10" high, 6" scale, signed "L S Starrett Co. Athol Mass USA" "Athol Mass" "Made in USA" "No 354", 1900. |
| This is a fine boxed example of a late classic period machinist tool formerly owned by the Raytheon Co. |
| 111900T5 | Inside calipers | bio | DTM | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, 5" long, signed "STARRETT ATHOL MASS USA". |
| DATM (Nelson 1999, 751) contains historical information on L. S. Starrett Co. |
| 041712T1 | Level | bio | DTM | TT |
| Tempered alloy steel, glass, 12" long, 3/4" wide, 1 7/8" high, signed "THE L.S.S. Co. ATHOL MASS U.S.A.". |
| This machinists' level dates from 1940 - 1950. |
| 22311T1 | Level | bio | DA | TT |
| Drop-forged tempered alloy steel, 12 1/4" long, 2 3/4" wide, 1 1/2" deep, signed "THE L.S.STARRETT Co" "ATHOL, MASS. U.S.A." with a |
| border. |
| Part of the Robert Sullivan Collection donation. |
| 71903T9 | Level | bio | DTM | MH |
| Drop-forged iron, brass, 9" long, signed "L. S. Starrett & Co Athol Mass Pat Applied For". |
| This appears to be the first model of this particular size level. |
| 111900T4 | Outside calipers | bio | DTM | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, 5" long, signed "L S S Co. ATHOL MASS USA" with an owner's signature "M. E. Weed". |
| DATM (Nelson 1999, 751) contains historical information on L. S. Starrett Co. |
| 111900T1 | Rule | bio | DTM | MH |
| Tempered alloy steel, 12" long, signed "L.S. STARRETT ATHOL MASS USA TEMPERED No 4". |
| DATM (Nelson 1999, 751) contains historical information on L. S. Starrett Co. |
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