Beth's Ruler Collection

Press photo 2 of 3

Last week I had a run on very cool ruler-related press photos, which will end up stored in the appropriate subject file boxes: Books-Libraries-Bookstore; Sewing-Quilting; and Agriculture-Farming, resp. Right now though they're all together as Press Photos. This is a good example of why I need a database...

"Leather needle case with English-made needles & measuring tape." Photograph by Jackie Greene, St. Petersburg Times/Evening Independent, 1979

Purchase (ebay) -- Historic Images-Store, Memphis, TN -- received 25 May 2024

Press photos 1 of 3

Last week I had a run on very cool ruler-related press photos, which will end up stored in the appropriate subject file boxes: Books-Libraries-Bookstore; Sewing-Quilting; and Agriculture-Farming, resp. Right now though they're all together as Press Photos. This is a good example of why I need a database...

"Roberta Rich uses a ruler to charge for used books--at $ per inch." Photograph by Blair Koosistra, The Spokesman-Review, 1994

Purchase (ebay) -- Historic Images-Store, Memphis, TN -- received 25 May 2024

Dacron AND Nylon

There are many amusing things about this advertising pamphlet, including the images of the two people taking the waist and inseam measurements of the future slacks-wearer. And don't miss that the slacks are ALREADY CUFFED.  Of course I bought it because it's made of paper and has a ruler printed along the bottom, but this one has the added bonus of a brand-new Haband Company measuring tape, too. Makes you want some Dacron and Nylon pants,  no?

Purchase (ebay)  -- "Blue Ridge Collectibles" = Mary Mitchell, Rossville, GA -- received 19 April 2024

Keeping me alive for 54 years

(So far.) This is a 1973 "apothecary ruler" issued by the Lilly Pharmaceutical Company, with images of their insulin varieties on the front and "Useful Equivalents--Weights, Measures, and Conversion Tables" on the back. I've been using Lilly insulin since early 1970, and I'm grateful for the work Lilly does to make their medication options better every year. Lots of changes since 1970!

Purchase (etsy) -- "VirtuallyVintageCT" = Scott Irvin, Ellington, CT -- received 15 May 2024

 

 

Extra rulers at your grocer

"Extra rulers at your grocer"?!?!  My kind of bread. I'd love to know how many people actually followed up on this offer and asked their grocer for an extra ruler. (I certainly would have!)

And it looks like they are still in business: https://michiganbread.com/ .

Purchase (ebay) -- "antiqueemporium49684" = Gregory Beckman, Grawn, MI -- received 22 April 2024

My ruler collection is ON FIRE

Or, it could be, if I don't store this new addition carefully. It's a 12-inch matchbook, complete with matches, and as a special collections librarian I know that I should remove the matches before storing this. I mostly likely will do that, but in the meantime, I'll enjoy the advertising, and of course the printed ruler.

Purchase (ebay) --"black-cat-antiques" = Amy Hartwell, Los Angeles, CA -- received 17 April 2024

(Images not to scale.)

 

New format

Paper/cardstock for sure, but I had a hard time figuring out exactly what this was used for. It's not a blotter, and it seems to be die-cut, and the top right corner is printed in black. Conclusion, after consultation with the seller, and with some friends who are much more knowledgeable about ephemera than I am, that it was used as a type of lobby card, to help promote the film.

The Last of the Mohicans, the second and most popular novel of the five-volume Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper, was first published in two volumes in 1826. 

This card advertises the 1936 film, described here in its Wikipedia entry: The Last of the Mohicans is a 1936 American historical western adventure film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes and Henry Wilcoxon. The screenplay by Philip Dunne was based on the 1826 novel of the same name by James Fenimore Cooper. It was produced by Edward Small and distributed by United Artists.

(All I really care about is the ruler...)

Purchase -- S. Morton Zweig, Rancho Mirage, CA -- received 19 April 2024

Ruler star collector, or star ruler collector??

Hmmmm...maybe I'm both.

Purchase (etsy) -- "YardsticksRule" = David Ballai, Perkasie, PA -- received 27 March 2024

Ready for Monday

My feeble attempt at estimating what we'll see here in the Boston area during the height of the eclipse on Monday, April 8. (Estimate is that we'll have 92.55% coverage.)

Can't wait to see what the cats do!

Sun image: Purchase (etsy) -- https://www.etsy.com/shop/FairyGraphicsDS

Moon image: Purchase (etsy) --  https://www.etsy.com/shop/AllSunsetsGraphics

Ruler template: Purchase (etsy) -- Jessica Laurie, JLaurieStudio

Easter ruler

Well,  not really, but it IS a bunny, and it has ruler markings on it. (It's actually a knitting needle gauge.)

Purchase (etsy) -- "Twinesandlines" = Mandy Rapp, Delmont, PA -- received 28 March 2024