THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY HAS PUBLISHED A BOOK OF INTEREST TO EPHEMERISTS. The Huns have got my gramophone! Advertisements from the Great War, the authors, Amanda Jane Doran and Andrew McCarthy, advise … [Read more...]
Fictional police detective finds some collectors
Dorothy Simpson is a Welsh born detective fiction writer; born in 1933, she wrote from 1975 to 2000. Perhaps not a great writer, but her books are engaging and consciously set in the events of the … [Read more...]
Hippies unite: you have nothing to lose but this society
IT IS A HIPPIE THING FROM THE VERY TAIL END OF THE MOVEMENT. Yellow poster with flowers and hands shaking from San Francisco and perhaps unsurprisingly without any issuing organisation … [Read more...]
The spickanspan folk
HERE ARE THE COVERS OF TWO BROCHURES PROMOTING HOUSEHOLD CLEANING. The first is English and from 1914; the second is an Australian edition painting book "Old Dutch Cleanser" is an … [Read more...]
Fans dejected; collection rejected
WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE SAD FACES OF YOUNG FOOTY FANS WHO, AGAINST ALL THEIR (MISPLACED) EXPECTATIONS, SEE THEIR TEAM LOSE. The Melbourne Football Club is such a team. I am familiar with its … [Read more...]
Knitting recipes
All in the head - no need for knitting instructions Initially knitters did not use pattern books. This was because: they could not read; only traditional patterns local to an area were used; and the … [Read more...]
This site is about 8 months’ old and we are building up our library of images – Australia
Just a reminder that as we gather pictures of ephemeral items we build up an important and interesting record of thinking about everyday life and the way values are embodied including in ephemeral … [Read more...]