SUNDAY 14 NOVEMBER, STARTING AT 11 AM IN NAGAMBIE, A MEETING FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN COLLECTING. The Nagambie Historical Society invites you to: 'Out of the box; collectables and ephemera … [Read more...]
It’s a set
SINGLE ITEMS CAN BE GREAT, flyer, trifolded, 14x8cm,soliciting your donation with accounts of the work of the Red Cross in 1958. But when it comes with a covering letter (three times the size … [Read more...]
Show & tell – what happens?
Show & Tell meeting on Friday 18 June 2021. After setting up the room and laying out refreshments, Amanda Bede absented herself because we had a strict cap of 10. Ed Jewell officiated and … [Read more...]
Women’s work and play
A WIDE RANGING SAMPLE OF HOUSEHOLD PRODUCT PACKAGING AND PROMOTIONS ON VIEW HERE in a recent box of ephemera. 1930s This envelope style packet. 22.5x15cm, can be dated to 1938. There are two … [Read more...]
Bookmarks
THE ESA JOURNAL WAS POSTED OUT IN JUNE 2021, AND IN IT EACH MEMBER WILL FIND A BOOKMARK. The bookmarks are courtesy of the Estate of Amy Turner and via ESA member Elizabeth Willis. if you have't … [Read more...]
Doll House: Miniature Worlds of Wonder
From 18 June to 29 August 2021, an exhibition of doll houses and related ephemera: Doll House: Miniature Worlds of Wonder This National Trust exhibition features over 40 doll houses, ephemera and … [Read more...]
Theatre ephemera
This wonderful new book ‘HANKY PANKY: THE THEATRICAL ESCAPADES of ERNEST C ROLLS’ by Frank Van Straten (Readings & others, hard back $49.95), is full of Australian theatre posters and pictures of … [Read more...]
Coming out in the 70s
UNTIL 30 MAY 2021, IF YOU ARE IN SYDNEY YOU CAN VISIT A MANY DIMENSIONAL EXHIBITION ABOUT when gay and lesbian life went public in the 1970s. Speaking up and standing out, gay men and women took to … [Read more...]
Sydney Luna Park – help me have fun
Hi all, I am the curator and collector of the Sydney Luna Park Ephemera collection. I am looking for items from the 1930s -1981 and also beyond if anyone has items they no longer want happy take … [Read more...]