COLLECTING HISTORY - THE FEDERAL ELECTION. Here is a call out from the National Library: The National Library collects and preserves printed election campaign materials to ensure a permanent … [Read more...]
Free for the foxtrot?
PENCIL ME IN FOR THE NEXT DANCE? We used to literally do this with a dance programme. These two programmes (small double sided cards really) are both from 1907 and from Hawthorn. The first uses an … [Read more...]
New stall holder #2 at the fair
NEW STALLHOLDERS ++ LOOKS LIKE JANET HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST IN MOVIE EPHEMERA. Have a look at some of the items she'll have to sell. … [Read more...]
Looking for Lyrebirds
KANGAROO, LYREBIRD, KOALA, PLATYPUS, EMU, ECHIDNA...many of us have had the opportunity to see some terrific ephemera from Michael A. We have seen his colonial Christmas cards. At the last … [Read more...]
Trophy (great) stall holder – new to our fair
IF YOU LOVE SPORT, COME TO THE FAIR, 22 MAY, AT THE PARKVIEW ROOM, CAMBERWELL CIVIC CENTRE, MELBOURNE. We have a new stall holder, John H. Holmes, aka the trophy monitor. Here are some of the wares … [Read more...]