LETTERHEAD: COLLECTOR BRIAN W WRITES: An integral and important part of every commercial company's 'livery', a letterhead was designed to convey most facets of the business venture. As part of the … [Read more...]
In the bag/on the bag
MANY KNOW THAT OUR FOUNDER HONOR GODFREY COLLECTED PAPER BAGS. As we pass another anniversary of the Society's creation - August 1987, here are some recently collected paper bags that Honor might … [Read more...]
Hippies unite: you have nothing to lose but this society
IT IS A HIPPIE THING FROM THE VERY TAIL END OF THE MOVEMENT. Yellow poster with flowers and hands shaking from San Francisco and perhaps unsurprisingly without any issuing organisation … [Read more...]
The spickanspan folk
HERE ARE THE COVERS OF TWO BROCHURES PROMOTING HOUSEHOLD CLEANING. The first is English and from 1914; the second is an Australian edition painting book "Old Dutch Cleanser" is an … [Read more...]
Fans dejected; collection rejected
WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE SAD FACES OF YOUNG FOOTY FANS WHO, AGAINST ALL THEIR (MISPLACED) EXPECTATIONS, SEE THEIR TEAM LOSE. The Melbourne Football Club is such a team. I am familiar with its … [Read more...]
1964 – we were collecting fruit tissue wrappers
LIKE EVERY ORGANISATION WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE YOUNG, THE NEW AUDIENCE. Not only does ESA collect ephemera, it also tries to collect young members. Are there young collectors out there? There used … [Read more...]
Footy, say no more
HOW DO WE DO JUSTICE TO THIS NATIONAL INVENTION AND PREOCCUPATION? IT IS IMPORTANT TO US: Why? We are a distinctly and proudly Australian society - not xenophobic; not overly patriotic - but … [Read more...]
Documenting lives
EPHEMERISTS LIKE TO COLLECT THE RECORDS OF EVENTS, PRODUCTS, OPINIONS Here is something I collected in 2014 - the funeral programme for Leo Seemanpillai. It is not a professional publication - … [Read more...]
Ephemeral cures for coughs and colds
THE CURE FOR THE COMMON COLD HAS BEEN OFFERED BY MANY AND IN MANY FORMS. Andrew H collects in the area of health and so his collection documents many medicinal problem solvers. It looks like in … [Read more...]