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thanks for the kind comments about the yardstick collection. Here are photos of what is displayed:
These are in the mudroom, sort of outside, sort of inside the house.
Inside, 'harry has not minded me putting this group in the living room. I have around 60 more bundled in the closet; even I can see that, that is enough wall space to use for this purpose. If we had a livable basement instead of a cellar, I might have gone 'man-cave' and put them all up there.
Anyway, each of yardstick has two stories; first the business that gave them out and then the person who took it home and used it, sometimes for decades. I usually put the worst side out, showing marks made while measuring, paint spots, sometimes a note or phone number. If I went on ebay I could get them from all over the country, but another part of the collection is that it specializes in mostly my county and home, where I grew up.
These are in the mudroom, sort of outside, sort of inside the house.
Inside, 'harry has not minded me putting this group in the living room. I have around 60 more bundled in the closet; even I can see that, that is enough wall space to use for this purpose. If we had a livable basement instead of a cellar, I might have gone 'man-cave' and put them all up there.
Anyway, each of yardstick has two stories; first the business that gave them out and then the person who took it home and used it, sometimes for decades. I usually put the worst side out, showing marks made while measuring, paint spots, sometimes a note or phone number. If I went on ebay I could get them from all over the country, but another part of the collection is that it specializes in mostly my county and home, where I grew up.
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