1936 Keuffel & Esser Co. Catalog (PICS)
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1936 Keuffel & Esser Co. Catalog (PICS)
I've recently purchased a 50 Ft. leather case tape measure and pocket compass that was made by Keuffel & Esser Co. out of NY. They supplied surveyor products. This year of the catalog seems to be rare and there is no reproduction yet and so they go for a lot of money on the big auction site. The last one I saw went for over a $100. I just did a search and found one on Amazon books for $25 in great condition. They had another. Anyhow, both my items above were in the catalog.
Also there was a cool leather case dual magnifying glass, leather cased machete, eye level w/leather case, plumb bob w/leather case and a few other item's I could see in a archeologist's bag.
The catalog is a cool leather looking with raised letters and emblems;
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Also there was a cool leather case dual magnifying glass, leather cased machete, eye level w/leather case, plumb bob w/leather case and a few other item's I could see in a archeologist's bag.
The catalog is a cool leather looking with raised letters and emblems;
http://www.leadholder.com/cat-ke-1936.html
Threads
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=44628
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=44267
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Re: 1936 Keuffel & Esser Co. Catalog
How do you keep finding this stuff!!! This is great!
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Wow! Utterly fantastic find!
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Is the surveyors transit from Raiders in there? I'd love to see a new pic of that!
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There are a ton of transits. Does anyone have a picture of it. Was it made by K&E? Wasn't he using a "borrowed" German product?whipwarrior wrote:Is the surveyors transit from Raiders in there? I'd love to see a new pic of that!
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It's a Keuffel & Esser Transit Model #5077. Here are some pics of it: pic1 and pic2
And here is the page from the old Indy Gear site, it has some more info: http://web.archive.org/web/200610261732 ... ther.shtml
Hope this helps
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And here is the page from the old Indy Gear site, it has some more info: http://web.archive.org/web/200610261732 ... ther.shtml
Hope this helps
- I. C.
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Yes, I believe it was a K&E surveyor's Light Mountain Transit, as seen in the film. There was a post about it YEARS ago, but it's buried in the archives somewhere and I don't have time to dig it out.
EDIT: Charles beat me to it!
EDIT: Charles beat me to it!
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Only by a minutewhipwarrior wrote:EDIT: Charles beat me to it!
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Re: 1936 Keuffel & Esser Co. Catalog
Yes it's on pages 390 and 391. The illustration is on page 390.Indiana Charles wrote:It's a Keuffel & Esser Transit Model #5077. Here are some pics of it: pic1 and pic2
And here is the page from the old Indy Gear site, it has some more info: http://web.archive.org/web/200610261732 ... ther.shtml
Hope this helps
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What an awesome coincedence I've been buying K&E stuff, only to find out the transit is from the same company! Very cool.
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As a surveyor I recognize that the transit that Ford is using is a complete wreck. It's missing half of its functional parts and the optical tube is mounted upside down. It's funny the things you notice once you get into something like this profession. But I believe you're right about it being the light mountain transit. One of my former bosses had one in his office. It was one that he used when he first got in to surveying.whipwarrior wrote:Yes, I believe it was a K&E surveyor's Light Mountain Transit, as seen in the film. There was a post about it YEARS ago, but it's buried in the archives somewhere and I don't have time to dig it out.
EDIT: Charles beat me to it!
You can actually find them on ebay in decent quantity, but at a steep price. I've still to be able to find a vintage Brunton pocket transit that doesn't go for a small fortune, especially marked out in quadrants.
Cheers!
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Re: 1936 Keuffel & Esser Co. Catalog (PICS)
Yeah, but Raiders is pure fiction, so let's just pretend that it works perfectly so that Indy can find the Well of Souls and get the Ark for the sake of our entertainment.