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Beth C-H

Retired Special Collections librarian with a wicked cool ruler collection

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Lewiston Strong

We all know what happened in Lewiston, Maine, on October 25th of this year. It's horrible enough for those of us who only read about it, or saw the news on TV, but for the people who live there, it was much worse. The Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and... Continue reading

Posted Nov 19, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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I love the colors and the layout on this 1952 wallet card. According to his Wikipedia article, "Curt Otto Teich (March 1877 – 1974) was an American publisher of German descent who produced popular color postcards, primarily of scenes from American life. He was a pioneer of the offset printing... Continue reading

Posted Nov 18, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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Today is World Diabetes Day, and while much of the media coverage is about Type 2, I am of course most concerned with Type 1, a condition I've lived with for 53 years. I'm very grateful for my family, my colleagues, my friends, my neighbors, researchers all over the world... Continue reading

Posted Nov 14, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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A very worthy cause

This undated paper ruler was a gift in early 2022 from my friend Diane, who knows a great piece of ephemera when she sees it! The messages on this one are especially relevant for me, since there is no way I could have graduated from Smith College without significant financial... Continue reading

Posted Nov 7, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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A selection of home-made ruler/bookmarks for Halloween 2023. This year I printed them on orange cardstock! Many thanks to all the etsy sellers who have bat and spider png files for sale, and especially to Jessica of JLaurieStudio, who made all the ruler templates I use to design the bookmarks. Continue reading

Posted Oct 31, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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Measure Up the Rent You Pay for Office Furniture

Based on a very small notice on the back of this clipped advertisement ("Please mention the Review of Reviews when writing to advertisers."), I believe it appeared in an issue of The Review of Reviews, most likely in the American version of a British noted family of monthly journals founded... Continue reading

Posted Oct 27, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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According to the National Day Calendar, today is World Arthritis Day: "On October 12th of each year, World Arthritis Day spreads awareness about the most prevalent disease in the world. This awareness day highlights the need for early diagnosis and treatment. More than 50 million adults and 300,000 children in... Continue reading

Posted Oct 12, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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National Metric Day

This is a repeat of a post I wrote in 2011, but, today is National Metric Day, and the collection item is one of my favorites, so I'm posting it again. Post from May 8, 2011: "Yesterday in Wilmington, Massachusetts, the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers held a book... Continue reading

Posted Oct 10, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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For lots of good reasons

This organization was founded in 1899, according to their website, "when Anna Harris Smith, a social worker from Dorchester took action when she saw both the cruel mistreatment of Boston’s working horses, and the number of stray and homeless animals living on the streets. In a vividly worded editorial in... Continue reading

Posted Sep 25, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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How hearty is your smile?

This one took some research, and I'm not entirely sure I've figured out exactly where "Gamble's" is/was and what else they sold besides "school supplies." My best guess today is that this ruler was a promotional piece for Gamble's Western Auto Supply Co., which had stores in Utah and California,... Continue reading

Posted Sep 24, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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Every time this dress shows up for sale on ebay or etsy ("Moschino Couture Color Block Measure Measuring Ruler Tape Cashmere Wool Pre-Fall 2015 Runway Dress"), I first laugh out loud and then I have to consider whether or not I want to spend $627 (current listing) for something that... Continue reading

Posted Sep 12, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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Trouble in Ruler Land

MY rulers are not on strike. MY rulers are all happy to be part of the collection, and if they aren't I haven't heard about it yet. This book, an etsy purchase from UniqueToyWorld, came with a lesson plan that emphasizes being nice, and respectful, to others (including the tools... Continue reading

Posted Sep 11, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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Home-made and gorgeous

This ruler bookmark is a collage of various ephemera elements, including a real postage stamp, put together to look like they just belong together. The ruler part is the best part, of course! Purchase (etsy) -- "sharnymcclarny" = Sharon Bakke, Spokane, WA - received 1 September 2023 Continue reading

Posted Sep 10, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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Life with Louie

I never watched this show, which according to wikipedia was "an American animated series and sitcom created by Louie Anderson (1953-2022) and Matthew O'Callaghan for the Fox Broadcasting Company. ... The first two episodes aired in primetime on Fox in late 1994, before moving to Saturday morning on Fox Kids... Continue reading

Posted Sep 10, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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For Labor Day: A "TRUSTEE" Measure

Purchase (ebay) -- "Imports By Marinette's, Inc., Tucker, GA -- received April 2009 This campaign ruler, an ebay purchase in 2009, feels right for Labor Day, even though I haven't yet (yet!) been able to figure out who Lillian Powell was or what, exactly, she was running for. There is... Continue reading

Posted Sep 4, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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How Does Your Child Measure Up?

This is an ad cut out of the February 24, 1986 issue of Sports Illustrated, and thanks to then-President Ronald Reagan, it fits perfectly into my collection. "In 1966 the Presidential Physical Fitness Award was created. To win the award a participant had to place in the top 85% of... Continue reading

Posted Sep 3, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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National Beach Day

August 30 is National Beach Day, according to the National Day Calendar, which I check frequently, though not every day. You know what that means? It means I am required (compelled!) to post again about my all-time favorite ruler, a promotional piece for Sunshine Park in New Jersey, complete with... Continue reading

Posted Aug 30, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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Made of paper; includes an image of an instrument of linear measurement. Also, this particular card shows items that I love using when I'm not working on my ruler collection. And, the joker cracks me up. It's a winnah. Purchase (ebay) -- "mountain_blessed_2" = Lisa Gray, Bella vista, AR --... Continue reading

Posted Aug 26, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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Celebrate every day

The tagline of the National Day Calendar is "celebrate every day," so, even though I'm not a dog person, I'll take this opportunity (August 26, National Dog Day) to present an advertising blotter with both a ruler and a dog on it. This signature blotter was a purchase from an... Continue reading

Posted Aug 26, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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Monarch butterflies

Last Sunday I went to the Cambridge Water Department's 9th annual Monarch Butterfly Release celebration, an event open to the public that I highly recommend. In addition to the actual release of butterflies that they had been raising since July in the Fresh Pond Reservation Ranger Station, they had a... Continue reading

Posted Aug 25, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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Our friend Jonathan

In honor of our friend Jonathan H. Mann, a few Lincoln items from my ruler collection. Jonathan definitely ruled. The Railsplitter link will take you to a notice about his death, on a website he published (at first in print: A COMMUNITY FOR ABRAHAM LINCOLN & AMERICAN HISTORY — FOR... Continue reading

Posted Aug 22, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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I love to check the National Day Calendar to see what people (and businesses) are celebrating every day, and today I was delighted to find out that August 20 is National Radio Day. Here's one of my favorite blotters, complete with a ruler, of course. P.S. : "This blotter fits... Continue reading

Posted Aug 20, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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Another advertising blotter advertising advertising blotters

My collection has several hundred samples of blotters printed by The Thos. D. Murphy Co. in Red Oak, Iowa; mostly thanks to my friend Peter Masi of Peter L. Masi - books, who finds them to sell to my husband, to give to me, sometimes in batches. Perfect situation! This... Continue reading

Posted Jul 25, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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Another entry in the There Are Rulers Everywhere category: This solicitation envelope arrived in the mail today, and the ruler on it just jumped right off the paper into my collection. No, seriously, the Greater Boston Food Bank is a good organization, and I donate regularly. Please do consider helping... Continue reading

Posted Jul 25, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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What ELEPHANT BRAND means to me

I love it when ebay sellers include the word "ruler" in their product descriptions, because otherwise, I'd miss a lot of things that are perfect for my collection, such as this small notepad, complete with a 1957 calendar and a ruler. It was a promotional/give-away piece for Elephant Brand Fertilizers,... Continue reading

Posted Jul 25, 2023 at Beth's Ruler Collection

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