CECIL E. HANSON COLLECTION
ANTIQUE SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS

AMERICAN AND FOREIGN COMPASSES

Currently in the Collection
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American
inv# Instrument Maker - Location, Estimated date made
C1 Smith, Young and Co - New York, NY, ca 1850
C2

Pike & Sons - 518 B'way, New York, NY, ca 1860
C3 Gregg & Rupp - New York, NY, ca 1850
C4

W. & L. E. Gurley - Troy, NY, ca 1890
C6 John  Roach - San Francisco, CA, ca 1875
C7 Ainsworth - Denver, CO, ca 1910
C8 Keuffel & Esser - New York, NY
C9 Leitz - San Francisco, CA
C10 W. & L. E. Gurley Co. - Troy, NY, ca 1905
C11 W. & L. E. Gurley Co. - Troy, NY
C14 Herschede - 1918
C15 Keuffel & Esser - New York, NY
C17 Unknown - North Needle
C18 Unknown - North Needle
C19 Keuffel & Esser - New York, NY
C20 W. & L. E. Gurley Co. - Troy, NY
C23 J. C. Sala - San Francisco, CA
Foreign
inv# Instrument Maker - Location, Estimated date made
FC1 Bate - London, England, ca 1840
FC2 A. Abraham & Co - Liverpool, England, ca 1880
FC3 France
FC4 T. Cooke & Sons Ltd - London, York and Cape Town
FA23 G. Hechelmann Nach F - Hamburg, Germany

No Longer in the Collection
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inv# Instrument Maker - Location, Estimated date made; Current location
C5 Otto Fennel - Cassel, Germany, ca 1880 (Burt Solar Compass); Donated in 2004 to the California Railroad Museum in Sacramento, CA
C12 Ainsworth - Denver, CO ca 1910-20; Donated in 2018 to the Surveyors Historical Society for fundraising raffle at New Orleans Rendezvous meeting
C13 W. & L. E. Gurley Co. - Troy, NY; Donated in 2014 to the Lynden Pioneer Museum in Lynden, WA
C16 Keuffel & Esser - New York, NY; Donated in 2017 to the Surveyors Historical Society for fundraising auction at Boston Rendezvous meeting
C21 W. & L. E. Gurley Co. - Troy, NY; Donated in 2018 to the Surveyors Historical Society for fundraising raffle at New Orleans Rendezvous meeting
C22 George B. Graves - Winchester, VA, ca 1860 (Venier Compass); Donated in 1967 by CEH to the Charles E. Smart Collection of Antique Surveying Instruments, now housed in the New York State Museum in Albany, New York .