This tape measure features a baby photo of John Meckley's grandmother. She was born in 1922. The tape measure, for use by a seamstress, would have been given as a small gift in celebration of her birth.
John Meckley would have worn this employee identification badge when he worked as a plumber at the Milton Chef Boyardee plant. He was employed by Chef Boyardee during World War II.
This beaded gentleman's coin purse bears the name Dr. John Meckley. A date, February 1833, is also beaded onto the coin purse. The coin purse would have originally had a pull-string style closure.
Dr. John Meckley attended the University of Pennsylvania.