Next Show & Tell – 16 June 2023

Where: Camberwell Library meeting rooms 1&2, 340 Camberwell Road, Camberwell VIC 3124.

If you live interstate – then sign up for the zoom series and we can gather that way.

What will your four or five be? Last time we saw (I only thought to take a few reference photos unfortunately):

• Tim’s postcards from the Art Nouveau period showing state shields;
• Claire had some found items from clearing out being undertaken by neighbours including some excellent condition beer labels and one relating to her own family for a business in Richmond (an order book with some nice illustrations);
• David had a delightful and surprisingly small Gould League certificate and a small publication marking 25 years of a Melbourne printer, with photographs of all aspects of the workplace;
• Lyndel’s ephemera of nibs – some wonderful advertising and information sheets that came with the nibs;
• Andrew went for an aviation theme with some lovely 1950s, 60s graphics;
• Debra had a huge album of Christmas card samples – from a salesman’s book;
• Kristen from Deakin Uni threw light:
• Hi all – re: the Christmas card album; it’s by Lonsdale and Bartholomew. I don’t know much about them other than they seem to have cornered the market in Australia in printing cards and novelties before WWII. We’ve got a few albums of cards in the Special Collection at Deakin, and a nice little brochure of their products which we’ve digitised. This is the link to the catalogue record which gives you a link to the digitised item; you can cut and paste it into your browser if you’re interested –https://library.deakin.edu.au/record=b3488018~S1

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• Ed also went for travel with a South Australian theme – starting with brochures with illustrations rather than photographs, and then some tickets and handbills for activities in rural SA.;
• John Dean brought along a box of old and interesting material – I managed to get my hands on two items – shown here. Thanks John.
• I (Mandy Bede) bought some regional greeting cards – and as we had just ended a heat wave advertising for home delivery of lemonade.

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After the show and telling we then had some snacks and a closer look a the material that everyone had brought.

Come along next time – 16 June 2023 6-8pm, Camberwell Library Meeting Rooms – 340 Camberwell Road Camberwell Vic. Refreshments are provided so we need you to RSVP to Ed Jewell edjewell @ optusnet.com.au