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Cheap Thrills Thursday: Discarded Stockings Go To War & End U…
Kitsch Slapped | November 12th 2009 by Deanna Dahlsad
Awhile ago, folks working on The Launch at the historic Hingham Shipyard, contacted me about one of my pieces of ephemera, a page from Modern Woman Magazine (Volume 12, Number 2, 1943) with the article “How Your Discarded Stockings Go To War.&# read more
What's it worth? Prices realized for high end manuscripts
What's it Worth? | November 12th 2009 by Walt
The See ‘Em Walk Dog Takes Me On An Ephemera Hunt
Collectors' Quest | November 12th 2009 by Martin Mateev
When people hear that I collect and am fascinated by old fragile bits of paper (officially called ‘ephemera,’ but most people don’t know it by that name), they invariably wonder why… I’ll admit, ‘old paper’ m read more
I Was With 95% Of Americans In 1950
Kitsch Slapped | November 10th 2009 by Deanna Dahlsad
From the June 26, 1950, issue of Newsweek, results of Gallup Poll regarding “how well informed the average American is on terms and phrases appearing regularly in the news.” The result: 94 percent understood the term “flying saucers read more
Free Antique Clip Art - Gorgeous Angels Sheet Music
The Graphics Fairy | November 8th 2009 by Karen W
This is such an amazing cover to some early antique sheet music!! The cover features 2 gorgeous angels flying above. I just adore anything with angels!! I also love the beautiful sepia tones on this one. Great for those Christmas collages! Make sur read more
Empower: its usages
white pebble | November 7th 2009
I was right this minute checking out what events there are to do today in and around the Boulder, Colorado, area. A theme has just occurred to me: notice with me, if you will, exactly what percentage of self-help seminars use the word “empower& read more
Cheap Thrills Thursday: 1907 Englishwoman’s Snark On Fashionist…
Kitsch Slapped | November 5th 2009 by Deanna Dahlsad
The piece, a little beauty titled “Woman’s Dress and Women’s Homes,” in which an Englishwoman ever-so-politely snarks about the mode of American dress, was written by Anna A. Rogers (originally in the Atlantic and then publish read more
Advice On Collecting Autographs, 1907
Collectors' Quest | November 5th 2009 by Martin Mateev
I spend hours nerdily reading antique newspapers on microfilm at the Fargo public library — because, as they say, “Library, library, more than a book!” and, as I have already admitted, I am a nerd. And it’s a good thing for y read more
sheaff ephemera
Miss Moss | November 5th 2009 by Dee
Sheaff Ephemera - A place for show-and-tell, wondering aloud, and wandering the trails of curiosity. there’s so much rad stuff there - go & explore. read more
Understanding Female Relationships With Greeting Cards
Kitsch Slapped | November 4th 2009 by Deanna Dahlsad
Greeting cards are primarily a female thing; I don’t think any sane person would argue this. But I feel the need to elaborate anyway. First by boasting mentioning my past professional work in the greeting card biz with the fabulous Kat Caverly read more
Vintage Graphics to Download
Creative Clown | November 4th 2009 by zura
For years I have searched and found copyright free images on the internet. Now there are so many blogs that offer free downloads, that the search is made much easier. I’ve found some blogs that offer wonderful, high quality images and want read more
Free Clip Art Images - Penmanship Alphabet
The Graphics Fairy | November 3rd 2009 by Karen W
This is another page from the wonderful 1890's antique letter writing book! I just think this is the most delicious piece of Ephemera. The page includes, a block at the top showing the Alphabet done in beautiful penmanship writing, next is a poem, a read more
Brionvega Brochures
grain edit: inspiration from vintage kids books and modern g… | November 3rd 2009 by grain edit
Brionvega rr126 Turntable/ radio brochure c1970 Beautiful brochure covers for the Milan based electronic company Brionvega. Design by Bob Noorda. ——————– Also worth checking: music concrete booklet. Not signed up for the Grain Edit read more
The Very Best From Hallmark: Greeting Cards Through The Years
Kitsch Slapped | November 3rd 2009 by Deanna Dahlsad
The Very Best from Hallmark: Greeting Cards Through the Years, by Ellen Stern, is not a collector’s guide, really; there are no prices or discussion of the secondary market at all. However, savvy collectors and historians who view the world thr read more
Postcard: Hearty Greeting
adventures in accumulation | November 2nd 2009 by Jayne Barket Lyons
This black and white postcard was published by Schlesinger Bros. (New York) in 1912. Tulips are displayed in the foreground of the card, with a scene of a Dutch windmill in the background (see close-up below). The card reads, "HOW MANY HEARTS read more
Little Happinesses
Anodyne Design | November 1st 2009 by Anodyne
Christmas Cactus Doesn’t it seem like some things make dramatic changes overnight? It seems that way with this little Christmas cactus. I bought the tiny cactus after Christmas last year, when it was droopy, neglected, and on clearance before b read more
It's Halloween!
designslinger | October 31st 2009 by designslinger
[Pumpkin on a porch, Chicago, October 13, 2009 /Image & Artwork: designslinger]When the frost is on the pumpkins, [Fall leaves, Hutchinson Street, October 20, 2009 /Image & Artwork: designslinger]And the leaves begin to fall,&nbs read more
History Is Ephemeral, Issue #7
Kitsch Slapped | October 30th 2009 by Deanna Dahlsad
Welcome to edition number seven of the History Is Ephemeral Carnival, where ephemera lovers share the history behind their obsessions. If you’ve got posts about old paper and other ephemera, please submit them for next month’s carnival vi read more
Friday Ephemera - Jagger & Warhol
Stupefaction | October 30th 2009 by Tim
This letter from Mick Jagger to Andy Warhol, dated April 21, 1969, recently appeared at Letters of Note. It was then forwarded to me by my friend Andy at NY Rocker. I KNOW I've seen this before and just can't remember where - a book about the Stones? read more
Another sign that Fall is here…
white pebble | October 30th 2009
I have decided that Fall is most definitely here when I’ve gotten flu vaccinations, which I did last week and yesterday. Tracked down so far: regular flu shot pneumonia vaccine So far, no H1N1 has shown up on my personal health radar. The Hea read more
Even I was never this far off when answering a Calculus problem 
white pebble | October 29th 2009
via failblog.org Posted via web from Patti’s posterous read more
Free Antique Clip Art - French Tombstone Catalog
The Graphics Fairy | October 29th 2009 by Karen W
This is a very interesting piece of Ephemera. This one is an old French tombstone catalog, not something that you see everyday! It may be a bit of a stretch for Halloween, but I think it could be used in your Halloween collages. I love the texture a read more
The Ultimate Gadget Decision Flowchart | The Scordit Blog
white pebble | October 29th 2009
via scordit.com I gotta print this thing out now… Posted via web from Patti’s posterous read more
Posts Of Halloween Past
Kitschy Kitschy Coo | October 28th 2009
I've been busy this Halloween; here's a round-up of the Halloween posts I made this year:1. Vintage Halloween party recipes, from this issue of The Royal Neighbor.2. Halloween's a blast! Back when you could shoot children who annoyed you, anyway.3. M read more
October night, late
white pebble | October 27th 2009
I sit here late at night on a cold and rainy midnight, readjusting my fingers to the Macintosh’s keyboard. I am not yet ready to hunker down into the partial hibernation that one goes into in the winter time. I look for color when the outer world i read more
70s Portuguese Brochure
grain edit: inspiration from vintage kids books and modern g… | October 27th 2009 by grain edit
Beautiful brochure for a chain of hotels in Portugal. From the inside of the brochure: “From the oldest times, “pousada” in Portuguese has meant “resting place”"inn”. Quiet isolated situations by the sea shore, in read more
Udderly Amusing Vintage Matchbook Cover
Kitsch Slapped | October 26th 2009 by Deanna Dahlsad
A vintage advertising matchbook for Surge Dairy Farm Equipment, Fargo, ND, with language too vulgar for use today (not to mention, less than bovine vernacular): If I had only ONE cow and she had only ONE tit, I’d still use my SURGE milker. read more
Latest favorite song…. Elizabeth & The Catapult – Taller…
white pebble | October 26th 2009
Elizabeth & The Catapult – Taller Children(Official Video & Lyrics Scrolling) If the link isn’t correct, update it here via onlylyrics.com read more
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