Celluloid Ruler
name: label: maker
content: Bastian Brothers Company
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on one side of this 6-inch celluloid ruler reads “A GOOD RULE TO FOLLOW BE SURE THAT THE BLUE LABEL / IS ON THE BOX WHEN YOU BUY YOUR NEXT CIGAR.” That on the other side reads “UNION MADE CIGARS HAVE THIS / BLUE LABEL / ON THE BOX.”
label: Description
content: The Cigar Makers International Union was established in 1864, and adopted the Blue Label at its convention in 1880.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1237
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1237
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ruler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 3/4 in; x 15.24 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/16 in x 6 1/4 in x 3/4 in; .15875 cm x 15.875 cm x 1.905 cm