The Ephemera Society of Australia Inc. presents the Ephemera Symposium 2023 “Transparent light and inky stripes” When: Saturday 8th July 2023, 12.45 pm to 5.00 pm Where: Camberwell Uniting … [Read more...]
Put these kangaroos out of their misery
ON SUNDAY 21 MAY 2023, YOU CAN PUT THIS CONSTIPATED LOOKING KANGAROO OUT OF ITS MISERY BUT GIVING IT A NEW HOME. When: SUNDAY 21 MAY 2023, 8.45am to 2pm (members get early bird entry … [Read more...]
Cricket clear out
THIS SUNDAY, 21 MAY, PHIL EDWARDS IS CLEARING OUT HIS CRICKET COLLECTION AT HIS STALL IN THE FOYER OF THE EPHEMERA FAIR. Phil says I will be bringing some rare cricket cards to the ephemera fair. … [Read more...]
Sweet moments at Sunday’s fair
ON SUNDAY 21 MAY 2023, IF YOU SAVE MONEY SHOPPING AT THE EPHEMERA FAIR, YOU CAN BUY THESE SWEET CONTAINERS AND USE THEM AS MONEY BOXES. When: SUNDAY 21 MAY 2023, 8.45am to 2pm (members get early bird … [Read more...]
Ephemera – milk – bottle tops
OVER TIME WE WILL ADD LOCAL EXAMPLES OF EPHEMERA REFERRED TO IN THE EPHEMERA BIBLE, Maurice Rickards' Encyclopedia of Ephemera (New York: Routledge, 2000). Here is a nice example of … [Read more...]
Military treasures
ON 15 May 2023, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE TREASURES OF THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTE - The RUIS has an extensive library. What you may not be aware of is that they also have a large number of … [Read more...]
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Vale Richard Felix
SOME PEOPLE ARE AN OPEN BOOK; Richard was an open diary, but only if it was unused. Richard’s collecting of diaries was inspired by samples his father brought home from work; Richard was six years … [Read more...]
Weddings past
TAKE A LOOK AT A WEDDING HELD DURING A PAPER SHORTAGE, AT THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR in Grenfell, NSW in 1918. When I visited one of our regular ephemera donors (DB) to pick up a box of … [Read more...]