FOR SALE IS ONE (1) VINTAGE 6" STAINLESS STEEL ETCHED METAL RULER FROM CHICAGO THRIFT COMPANY, CHICAGO ILLINOIS. WHAT MAKES THIS RULER UNIQUE, CHICAGO THRIFT SPECIALIZED IN ETCHED METAL ALUMINUM, YET THIS RULER IS ETCHED "STAINLESS". YOU CAN feel THE ETCHING. THIS IS A STAINLESS STEEL 6" FLEXIBLE METAL RULER DISCOVERED IN THE BOTTOM DRAWER OF AN OLD SEWING MACHINE. FEATURES INCHES, WITH 1/16" AND 1/32" INCREMENTS, WITH DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS ON THE BACK SIDE. THIS SMALL RULER IS IN MEDIUM CONDITION BUT IS FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND WITH NO SIGNIFICANT SCARS OR BENDS. THIS WAS A PROMOTIONAL GIVE AWAY, aka ADVERTISING PREMIUM TO CUSTOMERS or POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS BACK IN THE DAY, HIGHLIGHTING THEIR ETCHED METAL NAME PLATES, RULERS AND METAL ETCHING SERVICES. THIS COMPANY WAS MOST ACTIVE IN ADVERTISING PREMIUMS IN THE 50s, PRODUCING LOTS OF CUSTOMIZED RULERS, TAPE MEASURES WITH METAL ETCHING. CHICAGO THRIFT PRODUCED AND SOLD AD SPECIALTIES AND IMPRINTED PROMOTIONAL ITEMS. THEY OWNED A PROPRIETARY ALUMILITE ETCHING PROCESS PERFORMED ON ALUMINUM METAL, BUT THIS RULER IS LABELED "STAINLESS". THIS IS A GREAT RULER FOR DESK DRAWER, SEWING MACHINE, CRAFTING, AND IS LIKELY MORE THAN 50 years OLD (PRE 1975, DUE TO THE TELEPHONE NUMBER FORMAT (MONROE-1420), MOST EXPERTS WOULD AGREE THIS WAS MADE IN THE 1950s. THE FRONT OF THIS ETCHED STAINLESS METAL STAINLESS RULER DISPLAYS CHICAGO THRIFT COMPANY, 1215 WEST WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, PHONE-MONROE-1426, STAINLESS, MADE IN USA, ALL IN ETCHED METAL. THE REAR DISPLAYS CHICAGO THRIFT COMPANY, 1215 WEST WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, PHONE Monroe 1426, ETCHED METAL PLATES WITH DOZENS OF DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS. YOU WILL RECEIVE ONE (1) VINTAGE 6 inch STAINLESS ETCHED METAL RULER FROM CHICAGO THRIFT COMPANY, JUST AS PICTURED, SHIPPED BY USPS. BID AND BUY HERE IN IN ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE SINCE I HAVE THOUSANDS OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND TEN+ YEARS EXPERIENCE. I SHIP WITHIN TWO DAYS OF RECEIPT OF PAYMENT, OFTEN THE NEXT DAY. $3.81 USPS GREEN SHIPPING USING RECYCLED PACKAGING MATERIALS AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MATERIALS TO ANYWHERE USA. I DO NOT SHIP ANYWHERE ELSE. HAVE A GREAT DAY AND THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY.......