PENCIL IN FRIDAY 16 JUNE 2023, 6-8PM, AT THE CAMBERWELL LIBRARY MEETING ROOM. All welcome, friendly chat with about 10 others about 5+ of your recently collected or material on a theme or of current … [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...]
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...]
Vale Alan Waters
Vale Alan Waters 2022 – Paper World founder and foundation Ephemera Society member From the Paper World website: THE HISTORY OF PAPER WORLD Paper World founder, Alan Waters, initially … [Read more...]
Australian Food Icons – a talk
AUSTRALIAN FOOD ICONS from the MATERIAL HISTORIES SERIES RUN BY THE OLD TREASURY BUILDING IN MELBOURNE You can view it in the Old Treasury Building website. Happy little Vegemite soldiers: … [Read more...]
Underneath a pile of bookmarks
ESA MEMBER DAVID CROWE COLLECTS ANTIQUE BOOKMARKS, AND SOMETIMES THIS LEADS TO OTHER FINDS. David writes: Such a delightful surprise it was to find at the bottom of a box of surplus bookmarks a … [Read more...]
Read all about it – April 2023
DEAR ESA MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE LATEST NEWSLETTER ABOUT WEDDINGS AND DEATHS - LET US KNOW VIA COMMENTS' BOX. If you want to get our newsletters join up here. … [Read more...]
Help wanted – bottles
FOUND IN VICTORIA, IN AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG, can anyone assist or direct the National Trust to someone who can assist? If you can assist or more information would assist you, let us know via the … [Read more...]
First Show & Tell of the year
PENCIL IN FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY, 6PM, AT THE CAMBERWELL LIBRARY MEETING ROOM. All welcome, friendly chat with about 10 others about 5+ of your recently collected or material on a theme or of current … [Read more...]