#old ephemera

[janasojka]

blea tarn, portrait, on vintage notebook

[oldphemera]

Found this matchbook with this ad. The design is VERY old - note the USSR teddy bear stamp - even if Father Frost is in red instead of the more typical blue for some reason, that's Soviet. But it's been updated much more recently, and the company advertising 500 junk stamps to "get your collection started" is still very much around and they don't charge that much more than they did whenever this matchbook was printed.

I think with the long decline in smoking that the long arc of free matchbooks everywhere (and ads on those matchbooks to pay for them) has also declined away to nothing. But maybe that's just me. Are people still giving away matchbooks, somewhere?

[postcard-from-the-past]

"Taking the veil", painting by Emile Renard

French vintage postcard

[rosieandthemoon]

C. 1880

[brianfrench1995]

1969 Washington D.C. Washington Monument, Cherry Blossoms, Postcard 
@postcardtimemachine

[jimboymebob02]

Interview with B.E.N. in Time for Kids (Dec 22nd, 2002 The Arizona Republic)

[newyorkthegoldenage]

New York Oddly Enough by Charles G. Shaw, New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. Dust jacket illustrator: Charles G. Shaw

Charles Green Shaw (1892-1974) focuses on New York City after [his] 1931 [book] Nightlife. In this book he photographed unusual places and sights of New York, many of which were in danger of vanishing, such as “Cobble Court” at 1335 York Avenue and 71st Street, which housed a hidden 18th century farmhouse. That house was eventually demolished in 1966 to make way for The Mary Manning Walsh Home for the Aged. The book is packed with quaint and unusual gems like this.

Text & photo: StuffNobodyCaresAbout

[archive-of-physical-media]

Circa 1950-55.

[stone-cold-groove]

Le Vieux Carré de la Nouvelle Orléans. Map of the New Orleans French Quarter and its environs - 1942.

[janasojka]

night landscapes, printed on vintage papers

I'm releasing a new sticker book tomorrow, with some new and old pieces (on vintage papers!). Vibrant colours, noooostalgia and my favourite blues and magenta. Tomorrow, in my little shop 🍀

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Ephemera Collection

J. Wesley Gardner Resort Hotels. Florida and Virginia. Virginia Beach and Old Point Comfort Beach, Virginia. Davis Islands, Tampa, Florida.

Gardner's Chamberlin, Old Point Comfort, Virginia.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Street scene in Bizerte, Tunisia

French vintage postcard

[thebeautifulbook]

Book of Astrology and Omens (Nepal 14th-16th Century)

collections.lacma.org

source

[brianfrench1995]

Waiting for you in Florida postcard

@postcardtimemachine

[jimboymebob02]

The Arizona Republic November 28, 2002 - Treasure Planet gets a page in the Movies section, including an interview with John Rzeznik who speaks about the song he wrote for the film and reveals his favorite Disney films! Sorry for the lower quality I had to crop the image due to the tagline for the interview that Tumblr seemed to think was distasteful.

[fibredyke]

summer job at the historical society