Description: Up for sale is an antique 12" wooden ruler advertising Arden Farms in Arden NY (Orange County). Also marked "Certified Milk and other Quality Dairy Products". Three digit phone numbers were converted to 4 digit in December 1920. This ruler is likely pre 1920 since the phone number on the ruler is "Tuxedo 196". From a 2008 NY Times Article... Phone exchange listings with phone numbers first appeared in New York Times advertisements in 1882; an example was Spring 255, for a funeral parlor.The older numbers had two or three digits. Later, four digits were used. In December 1920, as the phone company prepared for direct local dialing, all numbers became four digits. The older two- and three-digit numbers acquired four digits by adding one or two zeroes: Spring 255, say, would have become Spring 0255.
Price: 11.95 USD
Location: Highland Mills, New York
End Time: 2023-09-30T01:36:49.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
