Antique Cloth Measuring Tape in Lovely Tin Litho Case with Winder antique charcoal drawing but have it on fairly

but have it on fairly good authority that these likely date to the 1880s or so

with a small bump on the top edge near the center and some dark marks on the reverse

no tears at all

and a note about the drawing: "watermarked / Meeteer

looking at the coach or instructor standing there at center behind them

Antique Cloth Measuring Tape in Lovely Tin Litho Case with Winder antique charcoal drawing but have it on fairlyJust lovely. Early 20th c. I believe, a cloth measure housed inside tin litho case, with metal pull at the end of the measuring tape and smoothly turning arm that winds it tightly back inside. I don't come across these very often, especially not as graphically excellent as this one, which feels like a cousin of a Schoenhut circus drum! 1 15 16" d x 1 1 4". I pulled it out a little further than 40 inches and it seems it likely goes a to 48 or so. Some