Drafting Set. Drafting set in black case.

Drafting set in black case, with green lining. On the case it reads Clarke & Stuart Co. Ltd, Vancouver, B.C, and on the green lining is a white tag that reads “Neptune” Keuffel & Esser.Co. NY. Case has 11 instrument pieces in it, looks like 2 pieces are missing. Case closes with 2 snap fasteners, and case appears to be vinyl over cardboard. Instruments are all metal.

When researching the item, writer found the following information: In 1894, when Vancouver�s first bookseller, Seth Thorne Tilley, exited the bookselling business, he handed the baton to Harold Clarke and James Duff-Stuart. The two were former clerks with Thomson Bros., one of Tilley�s main rivals in Vancouver. After purchasing the business, they renamed it Clarke & Stuart. Initially they remained in Tilley�s location at 11 Cordova, but by 1896, they had moved to a new store across the street, at 28 Cordova, Vancouver.

The Keuffel and Esser Co., also known as K & E, was a drafting instrument and supplies company founded in 1867 by two German immigrants, William J. D. Keuffel and Herman Esser. It was the first American company to specialize in these products.