COLONIAL MUTUAL PUBLISHED A SERIES OF BOOKLETS ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES INCLUDING HOW THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC WAS MANAGED IN BRUNSWICK, VIC. STRANGE TIMES 2020 – have we been here before? This is one … [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...]
Season’s greetings
SEASONAL HUNTING AND GATHERING IN YOUR OWN HOME during the flu season, that is. ESA member David H reports on a 'find' from the back of his first aid cabinet. Season's greetings, flu season that … [Read more...]
Blotters
WHAT IS THE CORRECT TERM FOR THIS LARGELY OBSOLETE ITEM - BLOTTING PAPER OR BLOTTERS? This type of ephemera presents a wonderful surface for advertising. We pick up some of the themes from the … [Read more...]
Lucky finds
LOOKING FOR BOOKS, BUT FOUND SOME INTERESTING MORE EPHEMERAL ITEMS. This is a tip for members and subscribers to our website - somewhat unusually Corner Lamp Books, 36 Station Street, Moorabbin, … [Read more...]
The best collections jump boundaries
INFLUENZA EPIDEMICS WERE NOT CONFINED TO HUMANS, and of course, horse influenza created its own ephemera. There had been outbreaks reported in newspapers in different parts of the country at different … [Read more...]
Discouragement of panic – ephemera of influenza
ON 31 JANUARY 1919, ACCORDING TO INFLUENZA OUTBREAK: Memorandum Published for General Information by the Influenza Advisory Committee the public should: avoid crowds - in streets, in trains, in … [Read more...]
Ephemeral cures for coughs and colds
THE CURE FOR THE COMMON COLD HAS BEEN OFFERED BY MANY AND IN MANY FORMS. Andrew H collects in the area of health and so his collection documents many medicinal problem solvers. It looks like in … [Read more...]
Safety at work and home – SLV collection
The STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA (like all other like institutions) is digitising sections of its collection. What does this mean? Not sure technically but, if you search their catalogue online, you … [Read more...]