DescriptionWide frame fixed leg tripod, 5191-8, made by Keuffel & Esser Company, New York, no date, circa 1945-1965. Painted wood with metal fittings, 59" high closed; plastic thread cap with raised lettering: K&E 3 1/2 x 8 [pipe thread diameter and thread pitch which were standard for K&E.] The model number and product name do not appear on the object. Only K&E mark is on cap. Legs, shoe details and sizes correspond to catalog description and depiction in 41st (1949) and 42nd (1954) edition catalogues. Object was typically used in the field for mounting levels, transits, theodolites, etc., by surveyors and engineers. Keuffel & Esser Co. main office and factories were in Hoboken in the period when this item was made.