SOME OF US COME BACK FROM TRIPS WITH ACTIVITY BOOKS, OR SIDE TRIP PROMOTIONAL PAMPHLETS. Issued as an album for 50 colour paste-in cards, for children [1948]. The covers of these two bus … [Read more...]
Royal apples
WHAT WOULDN'T WE DO FOR A CORONATION? This wonderful tissue paper wrap was discovered in a pile of forgotten ephemera. Couldn't help but share. I have three ONE spare copy if anyone wants it, … [Read more...]
Road atlases
TRAVEL EPHEMERA COMES IN MANY FORMS, and a favourite, although often a bit battered is the free road maps from petrol stations, tourist bureaus and the like. Here is a selection that has found its … [Read more...]
Travel ephemera
TASMANIA - ALWAYS A TRAVEL DESTINATION and thus the generator of some nice ephemera: This map from a Sydney based map producer has a lovely logo - extracted above - a rocket with the company … [Read more...]
An apple (or orange) a day
FRUIT ART FROM TASMANIA & QUEENSLAND, VIA ESA MEMBER NICK HENDERSON. The tiny selection we have here shows that in Tasmania, they concentrate on the fruit itself. Clements & … [Read more...]
Exhibition of Tasmanian cook books (to 16 August 2014)
THIS IS AN EXHIBITION ABOUT COOKERY BOOKS AND THE PLACE OF COOKING IN TASMANIA and the place of cooking in Tasmanian history and society. It marks 150 years since the introduction of salmon to … [Read more...]