This simple flyer/programme promoted the season if films at the Metro, Collins Street, Melbourne. There is a typo of the telephone number in the lower right hand corner of the double page spread … [Read more...]
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ARE YOU SOMEONE WITH AN EAGLE EYE FOR DETAIL?DO YOU WANT YOUR COLLECTION TO BE ORGANISED BY, SOME PRINCIPLE?DO YOU NEED TO TAKE CERTAIN ROUTES TO AVOID AWFUL SIGNS? Three stars ***good not … [Read more...]
How much paint do I need?
THE FORTHCOMING ISSUE OF THE EPHEMERA JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA will include the answer to this question, and others using mechanical ephemera. Does that raise another question, what is mechanical … [Read more...]
Help wanted – ephemera about and of doll houses
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT DOLL HOUSES? The National Trust Australia (Victoria) is developing a major exhibition on doll houses for winter 2021/summer 2022. The exhibition will explore the doll house from … [Read more...]
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BOOKMARKS ARE AN INTRIGUING AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE TYPE OF EPHEMERA. PROVIDED YOU CAN SET SOME LIMITS. The next issue, #7 of the Ephemera Journal of Australia looks at a contemporary collection. The … [Read more...]
Badges and buttons arrive for back page spread
From Michael R: A NUMBER OF GOOD BADGE COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR examples for the back page of the next Ephemera Journal. Enjoy and feel free to nominate favourites … [Read more...]
Wanted to borrow: Badges and buttons from the last 50 years
THE BACK PAGE OF OUR JOURNAL FEATURES MANY SMALL EXAMPLES OF ONE TYPE OF EPHEMERA, for the next issue ESA member, journal designer and collector Mimmo Cozzolino would like to BORROW badges from the … [Read more...]
Unprecedented #11 The Brett Sutton of 1900 Victoria
BRETT SUTTON'S ANTECEDENTS? PANDEMICS BEFORE 1919? YES, THERE WERE EARLIER HEALTH CONCERNS WORLDWIDE AND HERE IN AUSTRALIA. This small, 13 page, 16.4x10.4cm stapled booklet was printed in Melbourne … [Read more...]
Unprecedented #19 Quarantine stations
CONSEQUENCES OF QUARANTINE, this early record of European quarantine at Port Jackson, including the burial ground. According to the Australian National Maritime Museum: Steel engraving titled … [Read more...]