At least that's what the package of 25 paper bookmarks says. Shown below both front and back, these bookmarks are completely flat, and only look like 3-dimensional plastic rulers because of the shading. They make me wish I were a teacher!
Purchase (ebay) - unbeatablesales - 5/16/2012
Another new/old ruler blotter, with great graphics and in excellent condition. But 100% breakfast!? Looks more like 100% carbs, and some better than others. (I know my carbs.)
Purchase (ebay) - Ellen's Ephemera, Hoosick, NY - 5/11/2012
I bet it's been over 40 years since I've eaten a Kraft caramel, but I still remember vividly how they taste. This new paper ruler brought that taste right back.
Purchase (ebay) - ellensephemera, Fort Myers, FL - 4/18/2012
This new ruler came as a gift from my friend Robin, who had acquired it on a recent trip to France. Robin donated a fish-measurement ruler to my collection through my husband (Tom!) long before I ever met her in about 1998, and she helped me do some rough sorting of my collection when I bought an old tool cabinet with 56 ruler-sized drawers. I'm very lucky to have such good friends.
(front and back)
Gift - Robin Bledsoe - 5/5/2012
I spent the day yesterday representing The Ticknor Society at a book/paper/photo show featuring members of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Antiquarian Booksellers (MARIAB). My friend Peter Masi, of Peter L. Masi Books and an officer of MARIAB, stopped by with a gift: this paper ruler/blotter promoting New Jersey Bell's Yellow Pages. Thank you, Peter!
Gift - Peter L. Masi -5/5/2012
A new acquisition with great design and great colors. This is just the type of ruler that makes me very happy that my new collection policy favors rulers made of paper.
And who could argue against mine safety?
Purchase (ebay) - Sandy Millns, Waterville, OH - 4/18/2012
The Magazine section of today's Boston Globe features an article by Elizabeth Gehrman titled "144 Free Things to Do," and look what's on the second page of the article. Maybe they should do a whole article on my ruler collection!
This new ruler came as a gift from John and Jeanne Marszalek, of Starkville, MS, who were gracious hosts to Tom when he gave a talk at Mississippi State University late last month on Abraham Lincoln's campaign biographies. Many thanks to you, John and Jeanne, both for the ruler and for treating Tom like a king!
Gift - Jeanne and John Marszalek, Starkville, MS - 3/25/2012
Designed in PhotoShop, printed on sheets of five at Staples, and then hand-trimmed with a Fiskars paper cutter, all for the glory of the fall 2012 meeting of the New England Archivists, of which I am chair of the program committee. It will be a fabulous meeting.
This promotional piece from The National Bank of Pottstown has three separate pieces of blotter paper attached to the back, all of them un-used. And since Pottstown is within my specialty of Philadelphia-area advertising rulers (Philadelphia and the four surrounding counties), this ruler was a welcome addition. At first I thought that the ruler itself was not to scale, but careful measurement (!) shows that it is only 1/32 of an inch off.
Purchase (ebay) - jaceshad, Reading, PA - 3/8/2012
Special Collections Librarian with a wicked cool ruler collection
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