TIDYING UP, LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE - I CAME ACROSS THE VERSO OF A POSTCARD - I WAS FOCUSED ON THE KOOKABURRA TALKING WHEN I WAS SCANNING. This happens to be number 1 in a series of 36. The … [Read more...]
Album of ephemera from JP Williams, US designer
THIS ALBUM OF EPHEMERA'S INSPIRATION WAS THE WORK OF DESIGNER OF PAUL RAND. Please follow the link below to have a real treat - beautiful treatment of a range of ephemera. Here is … [Read more...]
Early savers
THE STATE SAVINGS BANK OF VICTORIA produced this booklet to encourage parents to set aside funds for baby. Stapled, 16 pages with a coloured card cover. There seem to have … [Read more...]
See rare Antarctica ephemera
COME AND BE CALMED AT THE ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM, THIS WILL BE A TERRIFIC TALK BY FREQUENT ANTARCTIC VISITOR ESA MEMBER TONY SHIELDS. Please RSVP by 30 June, you can do so via this link on the website: … [Read more...]
Put these kangaroos out of their misery
ON SUNDAY 21 MAY 2023, YOU CAN PUT THIS CONSTIPATED LOOKING KANGAROO OUT OF ITS MISERY BUT GIVING IT A NEW HOME. When: SUNDAY 21 MAY 2023, 8.45am to 2pm (members get early bird entry … [Read more...]
Cricket clear out
THIS SUNDAY, 21 MAY, PHIL EDWARDS IS CLEARING OUT HIS CRICKET COLLECTION AT HIS STALL IN THE FOYER OF THE EPHEMERA FAIR. Phil says I will be bringing some rare cricket cards to the ephemera fair. … [Read more...]
Ephemera – milk – bottle tops
OVER TIME WE WILL ADD LOCAL EXAMPLES OF EPHEMERA REFERRED TO IN THE EPHEMERA BIBLE, Maurice Rickards' Encyclopedia of Ephemera (New York: Routledge, 2000). Here is a nice example of … [Read more...]
Military treasures
ON 15 May 2023, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE TREASURES OF THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTE - The RUIS has an extensive library. What you may not be aware of is that they also have a large number of … [Read more...]
Weddings past
TAKE A LOOK AT A WEDDING HELD DURING A PAPER SHORTAGE, AT THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR in Grenfell, NSW in 1918. When I visited one of our regular ephemera donors (DB) to pick up a box of … [Read more...]