Woodworker's Adjustable Marking Gauge
Date1906
DimensionsOverall: 20.3 cm
Credit LineGift of Mr. James A. Lindsay, 1961
Object number1961.098.009
Label TextBritish immigrant Charles Wray brought this marking gauge with him when he came to London in 1906 in search of a better life. He used the tool to scribe fine lines parallel to an edge for laying out all kinds of joinery. Wray was part of a surge in British immigration to Canada at that time. Minister of the Interior Clifford Sifton had launched an aggressive recruitment campaign in Great Britain. Wihin a decade, after the First World War (1914-1918) began, immigration slowed to a trickle.
NameGauge, Marking
