About this object
Such instruments were the quiet heroes of progress, allowing engineers and architects to translate ambitious visions into the blueprints that shaped our community's growth.
Instrument
These precision drafting tools represent the careful, calculated work that built Stuart's modern infrastructure and businesses in the early twentieth century. Stafford & Brock Engineering, whose business card accompanies this set, embodied the professional expertise that transformed a frontier settlement into a thriving town, from surveying railroad routes to designing the docks and buildings that made Stuart a commercial hub.
Such instruments were the quiet heroes of progress, allowing engineers and architects to translate ambitious visions into the blueprints that shaped our community's growth.
On display, main floor, Dyer section.
Come in and see it. Open every day, 10 AM to 3 PM. Admission: free.
| Object type | Instrument, Drafting |
|---|---|
| Accession no. | 2024.09.002 |
| Where to see it | Main floor, Dyer section |
| Provenance | Donated by Gay Sue |
| Catalog description | Insturments for Mech. Drawing (including Bus. Card for Staffod & Brock Eng.) |
Dress
Newspaper
Camera
Doll