Rule Advertising Berco Razor Blades
date: label: date made
content: 1940
name: label: distributor
content: Berco
notes: label: Description
content: This wooden ruler is divided to 1/16" and numbered by ones from 1 to 14. Below the scale is a summary of Minnesota fish laws for 1940, listing the number of fish that could be caught in a day and held in one's possession for 20 different species. The seasons for catching different fish are also provided. A hole at the right end of the rule allows it to hang from a hook.
label: Description
content: The back of the rule is marked: For Better, Faster Shaving – (/) USE BERCO BLADES. It is also marked: BERCO (/) DOUBLE EDGE and SINGLE EDGE (/) BLADES. It is also marked: Fit Your Face For The Outdoor – (/) USE BERCO BLADES. Berco distributed electric shavers and razor blades from Toledo, Ohio.
label: Description
content: Reference: "Razors, Blades, Sharpening," <i>Popular Mechanics</i> 103, no. 4 (April 1955): 69.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Fishing
label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Rule, Measuring
label: Subject
content: Promotional Item
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Scale Rules
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Patricia Gossel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.3003.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1996.3003
label: catalog number
content: 1996.3003.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rule
label: Object Name
content: scale rule
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .4 cm x 38 cm x 2.8 cm; 5/32 in x 14 31/32 in x 1 3/32 in