MONDAY 3 MARCH 2025, OPPORTUNITY KNOCkED FOR COLLECTORS. Phoenix Auctions in Melbourne had a public auction is #107 on Monday 3rd March starting at 10am. The 578 lots in the auction included … [Read more...]
Past show + tell – next one Friday 19 April 2024
OUR THEME AT THE FEBRUARY 2024 SHOW + TELL MEETING WAS LOVE - we had a mix of regulars and newcomers - showing some fascinating ephemera and interpretations of love. Apologies for the quality of the … [Read more...]
Unprecedented #3 reporting infectious diseases
STRANGE TIMES 2020 - have we been here before? This is one of a series of posts inspired by the 2020 Covid 19 pandemic. You can also see an article about the ephemera of the Spanish Flu in … [Read more...]
Unprecedented #1
WHAT WILL BE THE BEST EPHEMERAL RECORDS OF COVID 19? Looking back might assist. A certificate from 1919, it reads Thelma.. volunteered and worked as a member of the Staff Specially organised by … [Read more...]
Its easy as ABC or 774
WHY DO WE TURN TO THE RADIO? And how do they keep us connected? ESA member AH seems to be always able to dig up 'something' on a topic. When the ABC was mentioned he produced these gems from 1920s … [Read more...]
Newsletter #7
LOOK IN YOUR LETTERBOXES THIS WEEK, as all members will be receiving the latest newsletter featuring profiles of the speakers at the symposium on Saturday 4 August. This includes Colin Silcock who … [Read more...]
Local repositories for ephemera in local history societies
WHO ELSE VALUES EPHEMERA? DON'T OVERLOOK THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY. Browsing FaceBook as we do for our own FaceBook page, we note with pleasure the work being done by local history … [Read more...]