These new blotters advertising the Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company are beautifully designed and in excellent condition. Perfect additions to my collection of paper rulers. It's hard to see on this scan, but the light brown color is actually a metallic gold ink. I love the three background colors too.
Purchase (ebay) - "lkeyeslonghorn" = Linda Latt, Livonia, NY - received 25 March 2020
"TOTAL ABSTINENCE is a good rule"?! Is this the best time to give up drinking completely?! I don't think so.
Purchase (ebay) - "sanford46" = Alan Quale, Blaine, MN - received 26 March 2020
Two paper rulers promoting products that help you breathe more easily, and one homemade ruler that just wishes you well in these times of corona virus. Stay healthy, everyone.
After 34 years of actively collecting rulers--now limited to rulers made of paper, or items made of paper that have ruler images or themes--my eyes cannot NOT see a ruler in an advertisement. This one appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of Diabetic Living, which I've been reading for a few years now, in addition to Diabetes Forecast, a magazine of the American Diabetes Association. These two publications are a great source of information about managing diabetes and eating well, as well as an occasional source of paper rulers.
This is not a product endorsement, just an example of how rulers are everywhere. And I mean that in the best possible way!
Advertisement from the Spring 2020 issue of Diabetic Living
National Quilting Day is the third Saturday in March; almost missed it. The background image is from the header for a blog site called Exuberant Color (not a quilt I made myself), and the ruler template from Jessica Laurie's etsy site JLaurieStudio.
Tomorrow is going to be Quilting Day for me, and then back to working from home on Monday.
Ruler template: Purchase (etsy) - Jessica Laurie, JLaurieStudio, Henderson, Nevada
I've been using products from Gaylord Bros. since I first starting working in libraries and archives, and have followed them through their transition to archival products, especially since the more stand library products are now sold through Demco. (See the full company history here: https://p.widencdn.net/3yvlb0/Gaylord-HistoryBooklet-Final-Web-Red )
The ruler pictured below is the top piece of an intact/unused blotter pad, most likely a promotional piece by Gaylord Bros. in the 193os or 1940s. (The company has been in business since 1896.) I'm proud to have this in my ruler collection.
Purchase (ebay) - "rogd-56" = Roger Eklund, Apple Valley, MN - received 12 March 2020
I'm pretty sure whoever manufactured this ruler didn't do it as a joke.
I'm certain it doesn't fit my ruler collection's Collection Policy; it's not made of paper.
I'm absolutely certain I had to buy it anyway.
Purchase (ebay) - "kroe-bren" = Brenda Kroening, Rochester, MN - received 7 March 2020
This birthday card, received just yesterday from ebay vendor "seuss1026" (a frequent source for my sub-collection of vintage ruler-themed greeting cards), features an actual 3-inch thin metal ruler glued to the front. The ruler's text reads: This brings a Full Measure of Happiness for You. There are two more ruler "jokes" inside, one about being happy every inch of the way, and another calling the metal ruler a Golden Rule. Looks like the lucky recipient of the card didn't actually use the ruler. I won't either!
Purchase (ebay) - "seuss1026" = Kelly Susa, Rochester, NY - received 4 March 2020
I'm glad this day comes around only once a year. Otherwise I'd weigh 600 pounds AND I wouldn't be able to touch anything at work.
Ruler template: Purchase (etsy) - Jessica Laurie, JLaurieStudio, Henderson, Nevada
I love adding things like this business card to my ruler collection. It fits the Collection Policy: made of paper; has an image of a ruler; AND a ruler joke ("on the square"). I love too that it advertises a business so far from here (Massachusetts). The back side--not pictured--gives the elevations above sea level of several locations in South Dakota, including the home of the gift store in question, in Rapid City (1,457 ft., relatively low compared to Harney Peak at 7,242 ft. or Rushmore at 6,040).
I'm pretty sure I've never lived many feet above sea level, ever. (Or owned any Black Hills jewelry!)
Gift - Thomas A. Horrocks; purchased from Peter L. Masi - books, Montague, MA - received 14 February 2020
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