NOT TRAVEL EPHEMERA, BUT RATHER SPENDING ON TALKING ABOUT EPHEMERA. If you could book a flight to a hub of ephemeral activity, where would you go? What about Old Greenwich, Connecticut on 14-17 … [Read more...]
Naughty banks?
THE FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BANKING ROYAL COMMISSION WERE MADE PUBLIC AT 4.10 PM TODAY, 54 FEBRUARY 2019. Here are some lovable or benign images of banking ephemera past. What were the … [Read more...]
Shopping in Ballaarat
TALKING SHOP: BALLARAT IN BUSINESS AND CITY LIFE, historic photographs, advertisements and ephemera, exploring the shops and businesses of Ballarat’s past, and contemporary photographs from The … [Read more...]
Show & tell
NEXT FRIDAY, 14 FEBRUARY, @6 PM, we will be starting the collecting year in Melbourne with a Show & Tell gathering. Why might you come? Do you like looking at and talking about collecting? Do … [Read more...]
Still thinking about Australia Day
Extract from the Wangaratta chronicle 31 July 1915: Yesterday was celebrated as Australia Day. In Wangaratta a number of ladies were busy selling flags, buttons, badges, and other mementoes and … [Read more...]