PENCIL IN FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY, 6PM, AT THE CAMBERWELL LIBRARY MEETING ROOM. All welcome, friendly chat with about 10 others about 5+ of your recently collected or material on a theme or of current … [Read more...]
Bloomin’ kookaburras
KOOKABURRAS, BEEN TRYING TO SPOT THEM LATELY with preparations in full swing to finalise the kookaburra issue of The Ephemera Journal. Older badges with a rousing Australian theme come from … [Read more...]
Ephemera Journal of Australia January 2016
Contents Confectionery Money boxes Australian football cards - pre AFL era Advertising pocket mirrors Art Deco ephemera Yarra and Port Phillip postcards Meet the (badge) collector Gallipoli's … [Read more...]
Where shall we stay?
AS PROMISED HERE ARE SOME MORE LOVELY ART DECO ERA TRAVEL ITEMS FROM AJAY'S COLLECTION. This time we focus on hotel ephemera. Spectacular with a small colour range. The image is 'off centre' … [Read more...]
Mango season – great time for collecting fruit labels
THIS IS A GOOD MANGO SEASON - SO SAYS THE FRUITERER OFFERING $15 A BOX. This makes it a great season for those who collect thumbnail size ephemeral stickers from the fruit displays in Melbourne. We … [Read more...]
Love, love, love
SPRING IS FOREVER ASSOCIATED WITH LOVE. We look at some ephemera related to love. 'There is no love sincerer than the love of food', G. B. Shaw, Man and Superman. 'My heart, which is so full to … [Read more...]
Spring is here – flowers
SPRING IS THE TIME OF FLOWERS AND GARDENS. We look at a variety of ephemera showing flowers and plants. Calendars This 24 page stapled pamphlet was probably published in 1985 (according to the … [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...]