Another new acquisition for my collection of paper rulers that's not made of paper, but this one was just too good to pass up.
One side has metric units of measure, and the other has so-called "imperial" units (what most people in the United States use). It's a beauty!
Purchase (ebay) -- "the-5229" = Kathy Lira, Chandler, AZ -- received 15 April 2022
This carved sycamore wood ruler is the third ruler I've bought from Tammy Matthews of Monroe, Louisiana. I love his work! And the message on this one is easy to understand, especially these days.
Purchase (etsy) -- "WhittleNSketch" = Tammy Matthews, Monroe, LA -- received 13 April 2022
In 1924, the business located at 45 Bromfield Street in Boston, a one-block-long street that I walk down fairly frequently, housed L. Pinkos, Tailor. (I do not shop on Bromfield for "sporting garments for all occasions"...) Today Bromfield Street looks very different than it did almost 100 years ago. In fact, the street is kind of sad, with a significant amount of empty storefronts.
That specific address today is a 11-story building that houses a number of different agencies. I'm hopeful that after downtown Boston picks up again when more people return to work on-site, the street will find some of its former charm.
Purchase (ebay) -- "trouty17" = Lauren Troutman , Reading, PA -- received 15 April 2022
The back of this blotter book is covered with ink, which tells us that it was well-used. I like that in a blotter book!
I also like that the butter label in the bottom left of the illustration reminds me of a favorite ad, though I can't remember what, exactly, the ad was for. It started with "'Spread!' said toast to butter," and ended with "'that's better, butter,' toast said." I am easily amused.
Purchase (ebay) -- "dmq2014" = Marti Wivell, Sedona, AZ -- received 11 April 2022
I can live with some, but not all, of this advice. To start: on my current list of doctors there is not one I would refer to as "him." For some of the other suggestions I use my own common sense, and my own knowledge of my own body.
"Be your age," even it means "act your age," doesn't always work either, even if you can figure out what it means. We're all different.
Purchase ( ebay) -- "collectible-lots" = Michael Carty, Brookfield, MA -- received 7 April 2022
After a two-year wait to attend, in person, the annual conference of the Ephemera Society of America, we got to spend a great day listening to presentations on the theme "Creating Spaces and Places," and then two days visiting with fellow ephemera dealers and collectors, including a fair where I found some fabulous paper rulers. I'll be showing some of my treasures in the next few posts, but here's the first.
Purchase -- Charles S. Bolick, Aiglatson, Framingham, MA, at Ephemera 42, in Old Greenwich, CT -- 19 March 2022
I'm almost certain that the State House in question is the Massachusetts State House, the building where I work. Unfortunately, the section of the first floor east wing where Room 113 is located is blocked off from foot traffic currently because of a construction project, so I couldn't visit the former location of the credit union.
This trade card was a purchase from Charles S. Bolick, whose Framingham, Massachusetts, ephemera business AIGLATSON (="nostaglia," spelled backwards) always has something for me.
It's good to be known as the "ruler lady"...
This new acquisition, a postcard showing a life-sized figure of Abraham Lincoln holding what I am pretty sure is a RULER, is a perfect combination of the collecting interests in our house: Lincoln (Tom); rulers (me); ephemera (both of us).
Purchase (hippostcard.com) -- "SCVIEW" = Stefano Neis, Columbia, SC -- received January 2022
Simple, but sweet, just like the best kind of love. Happy Valentine's Day to all of my blog readers, members of the FB group National Valentine Collectors Association, my friends, and most of all my family. I am a very lucky person.
Purchase (etsy) -- "Nuts4Stampin" = Amy Eller, Melbourne, FL -- received 20 February 2018
This measurement-themed valentine may have the oddest design of the many valentines in my ruler collection: a pig, in white-and-red plaid overall, holding a carpenter square. But it sure fits all the criteria in my collection policy!
Purchase (ebay) -- "roundtheclockvinyl", West Richland, WA - received May 2012
These are three of the many Valentine's Day ruler-themed bookmarks I made this year. Once I get started making them I just can't seem to stop. (And this is a good thing.)
Ruler template for all three: Purchase (etsy) - Jessica Laurie, JLaurieStudio, Henderson, Nevada
Top: Sparrow: Purchase (etsy) -- HipsterScraps ; stained glass heart: LivingSunGlass
Middle: Flying blue bird: Purchase (etsy) --Hazuzu
Bottom: Watercolor chickadee: Purchase (etsy) -- SkandiaDesignStudio
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