Why in 1928 would Victorian Railways Commissioners publish a large recipe booklet, 72 pages, about how to use oranges? The answer lies with the appointment in 1920 of Harold Clapp as the railways … [Read more...]
Unprecedented #88 postcards
ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, A FRIEND MOURNED THE LACK OF POSTCARDS AVAILABLE TO TOURISTS WANDERING AROUND SOUTHBANK, MELBOURNE. So much has changed. On 15 September 2021, there are no tourists … [Read more...]
Book review: The Diary of a Bookseller
Shaun Bythel's The Diary of a Bookseller (London: Profile Books, 2018) Reviewer: ESA member Wendi B: As an initial disclaimer I have to admit that this isn’t the kind of book I would have been … [Read more...]
What’s happening in the bigger ephemeral world?
An American fellowship: This is the first in a series of reports about other ephemera and like societies by ESA member Wendi B. Bannered “The Ephemera Society of America”, this ESA identify … [Read more...]
Redskins No More
Cathy Pryor, curator and postgraduate student in Museum and Heritage Studies at Deakin University, looks at a name change reflecting a new awareness about the old names for … [Read more...]