THERE IS SO MUCH TRAVEL EPHEMERA, and here is a nice selection of luggage tags. Superseding the baggage label, just as air travel superseded travel by sea, these tags don't function as a mini … [Read more...]
On this day
WHEN PUBLIC TRANSPORT TICKETS WERE LITTLE PIECES OF HISTORY. Would this anniversary of electric trains in Australia be of much interest to someone travelling to Flemington on 6 October 1968? And a … [Read more...]
Kookaburras wanted
THE NEXT EPHEMERA JOURNAL WILL BE A VISUAL SPECIAL DEVOTED TO THE KOOKABURRA. Inspired by Michael A's zoom presentation on his two dimensional laughing jackasses, Mimmo Cozzolino will be photographing … [Read more...]
What’s happening in the wider ephemera world? France
A review of the French ephemera society, Le Vieux Papier by ESA member Wendi Bradshaw Le Vieux Papier Interest in this association was inspired from information mentioned within Francisca … [Read more...]
Contemporary ephemera: phonecards
Iconic cards from the 80s or priceless keepsakes? Clearly, it’s a collector’s thing. By ESA member Wendi Bradshaw. At a recent social event I caught up with a good friend and we got to reminiscing … [Read more...]
EPHEMERA INVENTORY – HOW TO VOTE CARDS
Government paper replaces free drinks The Australian colonial parliaments inherited the British way of voting. Men who qualified to vote came to the designated public voting place which was usually … [Read more...]
3UZ TOP 40
3UZ 3UZ started broadcasting in March 1925 as ‘The Voice of Victoria’. It had the first B-class licence which meant that it could broadcast paid advertising rather than rely on income from … [Read more...]
Wrapt in wrapping paper
GIFT WRAPPING PAPER IS DISTINCT FROM THE ONCE MORE COMMON FORM OF WRAPPING PAPER USED IN SHOPS TO PROTECT OR PARCEL UP GOODS. We still see this of course when we shop in the delicatessen section of … [Read more...]
Artists, kookaburras & ephemera
THE ZOOM SESSION ON MONDAY 11 JULY AT 7.30PM, TOOK US THROUGH VARIOUS TYPES OF EPHEMERA AND APPROACHES TO ILLUSTRATING. There is the work of nature artists and of women artists whose subjects include … [Read more...]