CECIL E. HANSON COLLECTION
ANTIQUE SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS

AMERICAN LEVELS

Currently in the Collection
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inv# Instrument Maker - Location, Estimated date made
L1 John Foster Jr. & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, <1880
L3 Stackpole & Brother - New York, NY
L5 Young & Sons - Philidelphia, PA, ca 1907
L6 Young & Sons - Philadelphia, PA, ca 1892
L8 Moody - Boston, MA
L11 W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, ca.1905
L12 W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY
L14

W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, ca 1959

L16 Keuffel & Esser Co. - New York, NY, ca 1906
L17 A. Lietz & Co., San Francisco, CA, ca 1907
L19

W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, ca 1900

L20 Keuffel & Esser Co. - New York, NY, ca 1906
L23 W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, ca 1885
L24 W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, ca 1910
L26 Keuffel & Esser Co. - New York, NY, ca 1910
L27 Starlett - Boston, MA
L28

David White Instrument Co - Milwaukee, WI

L30

Beckman - Toledo, OH, ca 1919


No Longer
in the Collection
inv# Instrument Maker - Location, Estimated date made; Current location
L2 Blunt & Co, - New York, NY, ca 1870, Donated to Sacramento RR Museum (2004)
L4

Brandis - New York, NY - Sold on Ebay (1/27/2024)

L7 Holske - New York, NY, ca 1880+/-; Sold on Ebay (10/2022)
L9 W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, ca.1883; Donated to Sacramento RR Museum (2004)
L10 W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, Has not been located; was on CEH inventory list
L13 W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, ca 1908, Sold by CEH in 9/1977
L15 Seelig & Kandler - Chicago, IL, ca 1894, Donated to Lynden (WA) Pioneer Museum (2015)
L18 Maker Unknown; Donated in 2017 to the Surveyors Historical Society for fundraising auction at Boston Rendezvous meeting
L21 Ledder & Probst Inc., Boston, MA; Donated in 2023 to the Surveyors Historical Society for fundraising raffle at Houston Rendezvous meeting
L22 Geier & Bluhm - Troy, NY, ca 1925; Donated in 2018 to the Surveyors Historical Society for fundraising raffle at New Orleans Rendezvous meeting
L25 Leupold, Portland, Oregon; Sold on EBay (12/2021)
L29 Temple - Boston, MA, ca ?1839-1877; Sold on EBay (2/2022)
L31 Frese - Los Angeles, CA; Sold on EBay (12/2021)   
L32 Thomas E. Lander - Kansas City, MO, ca 1905; Traded to Gurley Museum by CEH (1967) for FT5