LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE GOING TO ADELAIDE, check out this pop-up book exhibition. Here is what the State Library of South Australia says about the exhibition: On display in the Treasures Wall, … [Read more...]
Advertising from the air – it’s logical
HERE IS A LOVELY ADVERTISING IDEA FROM 1937. The Australian Aviation Schools (Victorian Branch) had a lovely idea about how to advertise services in Melbourne. The aviation school, and its parent … [Read more...]
Recording the Show (Royal Melbourne Show)
THE AGRICULTURAL SHOWS ARE A MIX OF CONTINUITY AND EPHEMERA; LOTS OF TRADITION AND LOTS OF DELIBERATELY SHORT-LIVED EXPERIENCES AND PUBLICATIONS. Historian Kate Darian-Smith writes about the Royal … [Read more...]
Swallow & Ariell use Italian ingredients (postcards) to keep in touch with trade customers
ART DECO POSTCARDS FOR POST MELBOURNE BISCUIT FACTORY, ESA member Pat Grainger, Secretary, Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society reports: A set of Art Deco period Italian postcards … [Read more...]
Calming cookery book
BRIAN WATSON & HIS COOKERY BOOKLETS HAVE BROUGHT PLENTY OF THESE ITEMS OUT OF THE CUPBOARD. This is one Brian produced when asked for some material with an art deco flavour. The cook looks … [Read more...]
Exhibition – Nail Can to Knighthood
LOCAL CHOCOLATE MAN, AND HIS ORIGINS AND OTHER SUCCESSES ARE ON DISPLAY IN MELBOURNE AT THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA. (These images are not from the exhibition.) The Royal Historical … [Read more...]
Show & tell meeting, Friday 13 Feb 2015
LAST SHOW & TELL 13/2/15, AT CAMBERWELL LIBRARY MEETING ROOMS. About 12 members gathered at Camberwell Library Meeting Rooms. It was a treat. We saw and discussed the following: - a bound set … [Read more...]
Love & Sorrow Exhibition at The Museum of Victoria (Carlton site)
VISITORS ARE RAVING ABOUT THIS EXHIBITION ON AT THE MELBOURNE MUSEUM. It is about the World War 1 experience of Victorians - fighting, injured, recovering, home front, opposition to the … [Read more...]
Collecting bug brings order to the fair
OPPORTUNITY AT THE FAIR TO SEE A MEANS OF SHOWCASING YOUR COLLECTION ON LINE - DEMONSTRATIONS About Philip Moorhouse Philip has been collecting most of his life, and a passionate collector … [Read more...]