Melbourne 20/6/25 This Friday at the Camberwell library meeting rooms -the theme is-the best thing you've collected-might be something rare? expensive? recent?that fills a gap. Rsvp for … [Read more...]
Last week’s wintery ephemera from Facebook
Is this special decorative telegram for a rare event: the purchase of a Chevrolet? Or is the telegram special? It seems that the telegrams were a successful innovation from the early … [Read more...]
2025symposium
SAVE THE DATE - 12 JULY 2025, THE 2025 SYMPOSIUM - AN AFTERNOON OF TALKING ABOUT EPHEMERA - WITH SLIDE SHOWS and the traditional delicious afternoon tea. More details very soon. There will be a … [Read more...]
Australian trademarks and icons – a talk
TOMORROW, Sunday 18 May 2025 at 2pm, Mimmo Cozzolino, ESA member and author of Symbols of Australia will give a presentation at the Richmond, Burnley and Cremorne Historical Society. Where: … [Read more...]
Rare Book Week talks Tuesday 29 July 2025
Hoarder or historian? Is our history in a drawer, a scrapbook, or a curated collection? I, Mandy Bede, will be taking up one of my last ESA president activities on 29 July 2025. My talk … [Read more...]
Mr Irreplaceable to be replaced
Many of you know ESA executive members, Ed Jewell and Garry James, from our fairs especially. They are both stepping down from roles in the Ephemera Society after decades of service. Garry retired as … [Read more...]
Dean Smith’s stalls
NEW STALLHOLDER FOR THE ESA FAIR - DEAN SMITH - FIND HIS STALL SUNDAY 23 MARCH 2025, PARKVIEW ROOM Where: Parkview Room, 340 Camberwell Rd, Camberwell Vic When: 8.15am for members (join on … [Read more...]
Show & tell – pets and vets
ALL WELCOME TO THE SHOW & TELL MEETING. ALL YOU NEED IS AN INTEREST IN COLLECTING (SHOWING OR LISTENING) AND THE MEANS TO GET TO THE CAMBERWELL LIBRARY, VIC. WHEN Friday 21st March 2025, … [Read more...]
The enchanting intersection of art, books, and food
ON 16 MARCH 2025, IN SUNSHINE 2-4PM, TALKING ABOUT COOKBOOKS AND MORE. Saskia Ericson is giving a talk based on the wonderful presentation she gave at the 2024 symposium, if you missed it, or would … [Read more...]