The beautiful new folding ruler dates from 1921, and from all I can tell, must be from England. Based on the calendar, and product names. Also, the ebay seller is in England...
If anyone knows better, please let me know!
Purchase (ebay) -- "trouble6592" = Neil Anders, St. Annes, Lancs, England -- received 16 April 2021
I made this ruler in 2013, a day or two after the Marathon bombings on April 15. The slogan was already being used widely to give those of us touched most directly--either personally or by geography--a sense of hope.
That day seems like yesterday, and also like million years ago.
Stay strong, all, and be kind.
Ruler template: Purchase (etsy) - Jessica Laurie, JLaurieStudio, Henderson, Nevada
This paper fish-hook sleeve, complete with a RULER along the edge of the back side, arrived yesterday with all six original fish hooks, with fishing line attached, still present.
Seen below is the sleeve front (L), back (R), and open (Center). Yes, I am easily amused.
Purchase (ebay) -- "livingoffthelandgarden00" = George J. Babey, Tolland, CT -- received 14 April 2021
To measure your feet and sell you some new shoes.
I love this new postcard, the latest addition to my ruler collection. (Fits the collection policy: made of paper; depicts one or more measuring devices.)
Purchase (ebay) -- "vintage-ephemera-postcards", Lakewood, OH -- received 6 April 2021
This will be the last blog post with a winter scene, at least until next winter. Right now I am READY FOR SPRING.
This new blotter--not in the best condition but I think "charming"--is an advertising piece for Dominion Rubber System Brands; see the rubber footwear the two girls are wearing. Dominion Rubber, according to our friends at Wikipedia, is part of what is now Uniroyal. See below!
Purchase (ebay) -- "cultusboy" = John Hendel, Tillsunbury, Ontario, CA -- received 3 April 2021
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Rubber_Company#Dominion_Rubber
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Uniroyal operations in Canada were carried out under the name Dominion Rubber Company for a number of decades.
Dominion started operations as Brown, Hibbard and Bourne, established in 1854. In 1866, the company registered as the Canadian Rubber Company of Montreal Limited and became prosperous manufacturing waterproof cloth, rubber footwear and machinery belts. It began to produce auto tires in 1906 in its Montreal factory and through a series of mergers with other companies in Ontario and Quebec became the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company Limited.
After another series of mergers, the company became the Dominion Rubber Company Limited in 1926. It produced footwear under a variety of brand names, coated upholstery fabrics, mechanical parts, industrial chemicals and vehicle tires. In 1966, after four decades as Dominion, the company was renamed Uniroyal Ltd., along with all other company holdings, and in 1981, it was sold to Waterville Ltd.
Over the past year I've been going a little overboard on the holiday rulers. I figure, though, that this hobby doesn't cost too much or take too much time, and I love how the rulers look. They seem to make people happy, too. What's not to love about that?
Here are samples of the three different "styles" I made this year. Thank you, as always, to etsy artist Jessica Laurie of Henderson, NV, whose ruler templates I use over and over.
You don't have to tell ME to save this card! It's in good shape, is made of paper, and it has a ruler on it. What more could anyone want?
Once I get my ruler collection database built, I'll be able to do a search and figure out how many items in the collection use the expression "A Good Rule." I bet there are hundreds.
Purchase (ebay) -- "johnny0860" = John Timko, Pittsburgh, PA -- received 1 April 2021
This crazy year has brought to my collection a lot of "self-help"-message, be-good-to-yourself, make-your-own-rules themed rulers, in a variety of formats. See below for just three examples. Thank you to all these artists for their fine messages.
Purchase (etsy) -- "fosslien" = Liz Fossilien, San Francisco, CA -- received 26 March 2021
Purchase (etsy) -- "CocoaDaisyWarehouse" = Christine Everett, Hudsonville, MI -- received 27 March 2021
Purchase (etsy) -- "RainbowHQPins" = Amie Shafer, Oak Hill, VA -- received 8 January 2021
Great graphics, and TWO ruler jokes, one on each side of this double-sided paper ruler: "Measures up to the Highest Standard!" and "The Rule in most Long Island Homes!" Also: plenty of exclamation points. I love exclamation points!
Purchase (ebay) -- "brooklynqueen7" = Kim White, Jamaica, NY -- received 25 March 2021
One of the sub-categories in my ruler collection--a sub-category that has seen only a trickle of new acquisitions since I restricted the collecting to rulers made of paper--is one called "fisherman's rulers." While some of the rulers in this category have "legitimate" linear measurement markings (to actually measure fish1), most of them use fake markings that make the fish seem much bigger than in real life. I think this joke has been around for as long as people have been fishing.
Yesterday I bought a digital file on etsy, and used it, with the help of the very kind and patient designer,* to produce an image to show you.
Thank you, Ashley.
*(I hadn't noticed that the files I bought were in formats that I don't have the software or the expertise to use, so she showed me how to make them work.)
Purchase (etsy) - A2ArtisansCNC (CRV, SVG, DXF digital downloads and wooded cnc signs) = Ashley Yeager, Chesaning, Michigan - received 21 March 2021
For extra fun, I'm including below examples of two additional funny fish rulers:
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