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This photograph shows a scale where the indicating wire is set to zero. This is from the Department of Public Safety's Division of Weights and Measures.

These are confiscated weights that have been drilled or filled with substances where the end result is an improper scale reading. From the Department of Public Safety's Division of Weights and Measures.

A photograph showing an evenly balanced scale. Sign in the back reads,' Keep a good scale in your kitchen and reweigh everything you buy'. From the Department of Public Safety's Division of Weights and Measures.

This is a view of an illegal scale that doesn't have an indicating view so customers can see the correct weight. This is from the Department of Public Safety's Division of Weights and Measures.

This is an image of confiscated scales and one of the scales does have "Not legal For Use in Trade" on the scale. From the Department of Public Safety's Division of Weights and Measures.

This is the Sealer's scale for weighing commodities. This is from from the Department of Public Safety's Division of Weights and Measures.

This image shows a legal and illegal quart measure. This is from the Department of Public Safety's Division of Weights and Measures.

This is an image of the Sealer's liquid test measures. This image is from the Department of Public Safety's Division of Weights and Measures.

This is a photograph of a Correct measure cloth measuring device, which also computes the price. This is from the Department of Public Safety's Division of Weights and Measures.

This photograph shows someone incorrectly measuring a yard of cloth by using their arm as measurement. This is from the Department of Public Safety's Division of Weights and Measures.