Miriam posted on her PDA about memories of the old measuring device used in fabric stores.
A few years ago a friend gave me a meter made by the "Simplex Computing Measure Co.,
Metal Works Division of the Grand Rapids Show Case Co."
Miriam suggested that I post some pictures. I just posted three pix on the Vintage Sewing Machine Shop Machine Photos section. Those were the days!! I remember the fabric store clerks using one just like mine in the late 1950s and mid 1960s. I don't know the years that they were made.
Cathy