On 10 July 2021, the ESA managed to hold the annual symposium. Ed Jewell pulled together a range of speakers an afternoon tea and four boxes of coasters and matchboxes for the taking thanks to Bill … [Read more...]
Interpreting and transcribing historic handwriting
WHAT IS PALAEOGRAPHY AND HOW MIGHT YOU LEARN THE SKILL? Interpreting and transcribing historic handwriting. We at ESA recently had an Inquiry about an early 19th century lottery ephemera find … [Read more...]
Collecting tips #2
In our series on collecting tips: from Mandy Bede: Find a focus point - I like to collect in what I see as neglected areas, for example, recently published Victorian material. If the … [Read more...]
Tarax advertising
QUESTION ANSWERED - SOFT DRINK DATING ASSISTANCE NEEDED -- ESA MEMBER EAMON DONNELLY WHOSE WORK YOU MAY KNOW FROM HIS MILK BAR BOOK Naturally, Eamon hunts out wonderful advertising, packaging, … [Read more...]
ESA president’s annual report 2020/2021
I would like to present the president’s annual report for the year July 2020 to June 2021. Activities To state the obvious there have been few activities possible in the last year because of … [Read more...]
AGM 2021 please vote
ZOOM INTO OUR AGM & MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR 2022. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) Friday 29 October 5pm The AGM of The Ephemera Society of Australia Inc will be conducted via a Zoom … [Read more...]
Rugby League badges’ guide
NSWRL to NRL - BADGES - NEW BOOK BY A NEW MEMBER Rugby League Badges and Pins Nick Pezikian - See special offer at the bottom of this post. Badges and pins have been worn by people in all walks … [Read more...]
Poorman’s orange
Another citrus recipe booklet from a few decades later This booklet has quite a different feel - a colour cover, two colour page decorations, and only 16 pages of suggested uses. Each left hand … [Read more...]
What’s happening in the bigger ephemeral world?
An American fellowship: This is the first in a series of reports about other ephemera and like societies by ESA member Wendi B. Bannered “The Ephemera Society of America”, this ESA identify … [Read more...]