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Antique Toledo Scale

  Lot # 128
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Condition
Good for age but shows signs of use
Size
26 1/2" x 29"
Location
Basement Floor
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Lot # 128
System ID # 5231590
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Antique Toledo Honest Weight Grocer's Scale. Includes Porcelain Enamel Plate. Weights and Measures Dept. Label is shown in photographs but is currently off of front of the scale. Good for age but shows wear due to age and use as can be seen in photographs. Two pieces are also included as can be seen in photographs.

When Henry Theobald was fired from the National Cash Register Company, he decided to open his own business and founded Toledo Scale in 1901 and invented the first scales for weights and measures.  The growth of Toledo Scale demanded the expansion of factories and office buildings. In 1939 Toledo Scale moved on to an 80-acre site on Telegraph Road in Toledo. In 1984,  Toledo operations closed completely, and laid off the employees who were still left there. On July 7, 1985, a fire completely destroyed the Telegraph Road plant. In 1986 Reliance became independent from Exxon through a leveraged buy-out, and in 1989 it sold the Toledo Scale Division to Ciba Geigy. hen, in 1996, Ciba-Geigy sold Mettler Toledo to AEA Investors, a group of investors located in New York City. The name was changed once again to Mettler Toledo International, Inc. The company's new headquarters were located in Polaris, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. In 1997, AEA took the company public, and today its shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the symbol MTD.