MEDIA REPORTED ON ALL THE THOUGHTFUL DETAIL THAT WENT INTO THE STATE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MICHAEL SOLOMON GUDINSKI A.M., FOUNDER OF MUSHROOM RECORDS AND HUGE CREATOR AND INFLUENCER IN THE AUSTRALIAN … [Read more...]
Healthy eating
'GLUTEN STEAK' & 'WEET GRIST' ANYONE? THIS BRIGHT LITTLE BOOKLET FROM THE 1960s PROMOTES HEALTH EATING. It looks at food groups and also introduces some new products - may be they needed more … [Read more...]
Movie ephemera
This simple flyer/programme promoted the season if films at the Metro, Collins Street, Melbourne. There is a typo of the telephone number in the lower right hand corner of the double page spread … [Read more...]
Font and more font
ARE YOU SOMEONE WITH AN EAGLE EYE FOR DETAIL?DO YOU WANT YOUR COLLECTION TO BE ORGANISED BY, SOME PRINCIPLE?DO YOU NEED TO TAKE CERTAIN ROUTES TO AVOID AWFUL SIGNS? Three stars ***good not … [Read more...]
How much paint do I need?
THE FORTHCOMING ISSUE OF THE EPHEMERA JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA will include the answer to this question, and others using mechanical ephemera. Does that raise another question, what is mechanical … [Read more...]
Mark it
BOOKMARKS ARE AN INTRIGUING AND HIGHLY COLLECTABLE TYPE OF EPHEMERA. PROVIDED YOU CAN SET SOME LIMITS. The next issue, #7 of the Ephemera Journal of Australia looks at a contemporary collection. The … [Read more...]
I bought it at the September 2019 fair
NOT FAIR, NO FAIR IN SEPTEMBER 2020, so like others I am looking back at what I bought 12 months ago. And finding some joy. It seems longer ago and perhaps for that reason the first item to revisit is … [Read more...]
On the cards – for father’s day
LOOKING AT MEN ON EPHEMERA - some specifically for father's day - this Sunday. Drawn from our website archive. … [Read more...]
No boisterous behaviour
TEMPTED BY RULES - OBEYING OR CHALLENGING? A further look at this small volume before it goes to its new home at the Prahran Mechanics Institute post stage 4 Covid lockdown. Neat and tidy and … [Read more...]