Pencils, eh
A virtual museum of the golden age of the Canadian pencil industry.
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This short 6 inch wooden ruler has a really interesting story to tell. Here are two parts of that story: French Lines and the history of the Biltmore Hat Company.   French LinesThe top of this ruler has a unit of measurement labelled "French lignes". The ligne is a historic unit of length used in France and elsewhere prior to the adoption of the metric system in the late 18th century. It is still used sometimes today in ribbon manufacture. The unit is included on this ruler since these ribbons are often used in men's hat bands and the ligne would be used to measure the width of these ribbons. There are 11.26 lignes per inche. This information is all from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligne. Biltmore HatsBiltmore Hats Ltd., founded in 1917, has a long history in Canada. For a detailed telling of this company's story, check out this article from the Guelph Historical Society. After learning about this company's history, I checked out vintage Biltmore hats on eBay and now I feel like I need to add a vintage fedora to my collection of Canadian odds and ends.
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Hugh
4/13/2024 12:50:40 pm
I remember the Biltmore Cap Company in Guelph. At one time the Guelph Junior hockey team was called the Biltmores because of their sponsorship by the cap company. I was a big New York Rangers fan in my younger days & Guelph was a farm team for the Rangers. Love those fedoras by the way Leave a Reply. |
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