WE HAVE ADMIRED 19TH AND EARLY TO MID 20TH CENTURY DANCE CARDS, here is a reminder that they were in use at least until 1981 at Monash Uni bush dances. Some of the format is unchanged: cover with … [Read more...]
Royal apples
WHAT WOULDN'T WE DO FOR A CORONATION? This wonderful tissue paper wrap was discovered in a pile of forgotten ephemera. Couldn't help but share. I have three ONE spare copy if anyone wants it, … [Read more...]
Winter
WINTER OPTIONS: stay warm at home with hand forked briquettes. Or Stay warm at home with a rug? Embrace the winter by taking up skiing? Or travel to the warmer states? … [Read more...]
Time to take a tour… Book review by Wendi Bradshaw
World Tour: Vintage hotel labels from the collection of Gaston-Louis Vuitton by Francisca Mattéoli. Published in 2013 by Xavier Barral, Paris. Review by ESA member Wendi Bradshaw. In the … [Read more...]
Elections 1929
EVERY HOUSEHOLD, IN HOTLY CONTESTED ELECTORATES, WAS BOMBARDED WITH EPHEMERA, and then texts, facebook posts, radio, tv and newspaper advertising and no doubt other social media unknown to this writer … [Read more...]
Hats off to Grant Shallard, long time ESA member and stallholder
In 1995 Grant Shallard, a graphic designer, produced the “DINKUM COLLECTORS CALENDAR” featuring 12 keen Aussies and their collections, a showboat of yesteryear. It was as memorable as a dinner of … [Read more...]
Michael Aitken & The Optometry Museum
ESA member Michael Aitken was honoured with an Australian Museums and Galleries Association, Victoria Lifetime Achievement for his work with the Cyril Kett Optometry Museum and Archive (established in … [Read more...]
Through the nappy cycle
COLLECTORS OF PHONECARDS, TRAIN, TRAM AND BUS TICKETS, and other ephemera of daily life have seen types of ephemera replaced with a plastic or electronic formats. The ephemeral babies’ nappy, because … [Read more...]
Pharmacy ephemera 1975
NICE FIND, SAMPLE PAPER BAGS AND WRAPPING PAPER OFFERED TO MEMBERS OF THE PHARMACY GUILD OF AUSTRALIA IN 1975. Or is it? Frustratingly the bags reproduced above measure 26.6x9cm and 20.8x6.8cm, … [Read more...]