CECIL E. HANSON COLLECTION
ANTIQUE SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS

AMERICAN COMPASSES

John  Roach - San Francisco, CA, ca 1875

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Type: Pocket Compass
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Condition: Good
Box: Yes
Found: November 10, 1970 - Gift of Melvin Galer, L.S., San Diego, CA
CEH Inventory# C6

CEH Note: This compass was used by Melvin Galer's father, Henry C. Galer, on timber cruishing surveys in the High Sierras in the early 1900's. In the 1020's he was a surveyor in the Gilroy, CA area.