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...]
National geographic maps – worth anything?
ESA RECENTLY FIELDED A QUESTION ABOUT THE VALUE OF OLDER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAPS. My own guess was $0 but that's not quite right. Luckily I asked our member and map seeker Gerry Dorset, and he … [Read more...]
President’s annual report 2021-22
THE 2021-22 ESA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WAS HELD BY ZOOM ON 8 DECEMBER 2022. WE HAD A QUORUM. THE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER REPORTS WERE ACCEPTED. IN CASE YOU COULDN'T COME HERE IS The president’s annual … [Read more...]
Travel plans?
THERE IS SO MUCH TRAVEL EPHEMERA, and here is a nice selection of luggage tags. Superseding the baggage label, just as air travel superseded travel by sea, these tags don't function as a mini … [Read more...]
Ian Atkinson’s stall – in the foyer – variety +++
IAN A. ALWAYS HAS A HUGE VARIETY OF GREAT EPHEMERA - What about the 19th century voter's registration forms? one that got away. Here a few samples for 18 September 2022. Where: Parkview Room, 340 … [Read more...]