THE SIDNEY MYER MUSIC BOWL IS THE SITE OF LOTS OF GREAT MUSICAL EXPERIENCES. Perhaps the best known is Carols by Candlelight; equally is important is the long running Sidney Myer Free Concerts held in … [Read more...]
A record of activism
MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH - HERE IS THE RECORD OF ONE WOMAN'S OF POLITICAL ACTIVISM - THE COLLECTION IS STILL BEING ADDED TO Monica has a spectacular collection of badges and ribbons is … [Read more...]
Top top 40 charts – a collection – part 1
DID IT START LIKE THIS? YOU CUT OUT THE CHARTS FROM A MAGAZINE SO THAT YOU COULD BE UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST HITS? This was part of a collection that came to the Ephemera Society looking for a home. … [Read more...]
Show your ticket to the usher please
TODAY, ALMOST ALL TICKETS TO THE THEATRE ARE ELECTRONIC, OR OCCASIONALLY PRINTED BY OLDER FOLK FROM THEIR DESK TOP. WHOOPS, YOU CAN STILL GO TO SAY A TICKETING SERVICE AND YOU WILL GET A PRINTED … [Read more...]
Top top 40 charts – a collection – part 2
CONTINUING ON FROM THE EXPANDED LOOK AT TOP 40 CHARTS STARTED IN PART 1. Here we look at more of the versos as they move further from simply promoting the music in the charts. Here are charts … [Read more...]
Mandy B
SERIES, I HOPE, ON 'MY FIRST PIECE OF EPHEMERA', this came up the other day in a pre-isolation discussion with ESA members. The first items we talked about didn't necessarily turn out to be a focus of … [Read more...]
Diaries
AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, LIKE TO THINK BOTH forwards and backwards - time to buy a new diary and to look back on diaries of the past. We are drawing on the collection of ESA member Richard F. … [Read more...]
This man kept a record of daily life in small pocket books
WE HAVE TEMPORARY OWNERSHIP OF 3 BOXES OF SMALL DIARIES KEPT BY A MELBOURNE BUSINESS MAN. We have been searching them unsystematically. We would like to do them more justice one day looking at them … [Read more...]