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Sunbeam Tours: Mesopotamia - Stereoviews

Sunbeam Tours: Mesopotamia

Sunbeam Tours Ltd.

No Date Shown. Circa 1920.



Very scarce, complete set of 36 stereoviews in original slipcase, complete with documentation. A collectible set rarely found in this condition

36 sepia toned images on stereoview cards…

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Added by Sunrise Books Trading As C-Books on March 19, 2013 at 6:30am — No Comments

Soda Pop Santa

Among the Coca-Cola archives, you can find information on the well-known artists who worked for them, such as N.C. Wyeth, Norman Rockwell, and Hamilton King. Another artist, who is not so well known, is H.H. Sundblom. His portrayal of Santa appeared for many years on the back covers of December issues of…

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Added by Recycled Wares on January 10, 2013 at 5:56pm — No Comments

Los Angeles Ephemera

Hello,

I'm handling an estate sale in Santa Monica and we have varied types of Ephemera. 

There are 1950's - 70's Popular Electronics, Westways, LA Times, National Geographic, Maps, Theater Arts, Playbills, 1800's photographs, The New Yorker, Newsweek  plus so much more. 

The public sale is January 12th. However, if a collector is interested and avail on Tues., we can set up an appointment to show the collection. 

We are liquidating…

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Added by Lara Neathery on January 7, 2013 at 12:58am — 1 Comment

Looking through a special events booklet from 1973 VFW convention in New Orleans

This old booklet, nearly four decades old, was distributed to delegates and guests at the Veterans of Foreign Wars' 74th national convention in New Orleans, which was held from August 17-24, 1973.

It's a treasure trove of history. There's an advertisement, for example, for the Louisiana Maritime Museum…

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Added by Chris Otto on September 9, 2012 at 10:45am — No Comments

Mel Kolstad http://www.ephemeraology.com/2012/08/ive-got-lots-of-tickets-to-ride-and-i.html

Mel on Ephemeralogy has done a lovely write upon a pack of tickets we have to vend. We can do several of these to clear stock. Over 200 tickets, ideal to start a collection, or ideal for Collage. There is a link in her blog to…

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Added by Robert Forsythe on August 29, 2012 at 1:30pm — No Comments

eBay Listings for Marin Paper Dealer July 15th 2012

Added by Marin Paper Dealer on July 17, 2012 at 7:33pm — No Comments

Railway Carriage Prints

Today's work has seen me helping old friend Greg Norden create a Facebook page for Railway Carriage Prints for which he is the acknowledged living expert. Scroll down the blog page looking for the bottom right and you should see a new badge pointing directly to his page. Please go and like the page (and some of the others as well, all publicity helps). The direct URL is https://www.facebook.com/RailwayCarriagePrints . Such prints…

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Added by Robert Forsythe on July 5, 2012 at 10:42am — No Comments

Black-and-white souvenir photos from 1939 New York World's Fair

I came across some old black-and-white photos from a World's Fair. Very neat stuff. I am NOT an expert or collector on World's Fair items, but they certainly pique my interest...

See more of the B&W photos here:…

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Added by Chris Otto on July 3, 2012 at 12:54pm — No Comments

Is there beauty in old library circulation cards? Are they ephemera?

I say yes..

See another one here:…

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Added by Chris Otto on July 3, 2012 at 12:50pm — No Comments

Railway Timetables and Thomas Edmondson Tickets

Some new photos uploaded here today reflect work being done on Library Thing and Facebook. On the latter new groups established include https://www.facebook.com/ThomasEdmondsonTickets and https://www.facebook.com/pages/Railway-Timetables/404742136234317 .

Added by Robert Forsythe on June 20, 2012 at 1:43am — No Comments

Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

I have a small collection of vintage postcards of the Royal Family that is fun to look at, with this being the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Check them out here:…

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Added by Chris Otto on June 10, 2012 at 11:38am — 1 Comment

Marin Paper Dealer - eBay 5/30/12

Exciting piece up this week. A complete Clarence Brooks 1886 Calendar! Check this out and all of my other items up this week! 

Added by Marin Paper Dealer on May 30, 2012 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Trying to translate a 1977 Slovenian almanac

I found this book in Salvation Army hrift store in Kane, Pa., while my wife and I were celebrating our anniversary. The small volume -- it measures 4 inches wide by 5½ inches tall -- is a 1977 almanac published in what was then the Socialist Republic of Slovenia.

Checking out…

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Added by Chris Otto on April 30, 2012 at 12:34pm — No Comments

Marin Paper eBay Items 4/9/2012

eBay Items This Week! 4/9/2012
Including a wonderful example of William Gates Matches - Huge part in striking match history in the US and Canada. Grew into Diamond Match Company.
See all my items:
http://ning.it/AmlwcX

Added by Marin Paper Dealer on April 11, 2012 at 3:41pm — No Comments

anyone else getting irritating spam - mails from "Flinton Easily" ????

I assume it's something FROM EphemeraNetwork, but when I open it I see this:

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A message from Flinton Easily to all members of Books on THE EPHEMERA NETWORK!



Please check out this Fantastic free Ebook.....

5 SIGNS TO LET YOU KNOW HE IS INTERESTED!  Free download here:

 

(then s/he has a link to his private…

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Added by Gail on April 8, 2012 at 7:20am — 2 Comments

Hi there,  I am the inheritor of my parents antiques business and have so much stock that I don't know what to do with it so I thought I would join this network. If anyone is interested in vintage ad…

Hi there,  I am the inheritor of my parents antiques business and have so much stock that I don't know what to do with it so I thought I would join this network. If anyone is interested in vintage advertizing, lithographs, engravings, magazine covers, the list goes on, please feel free to contact me.  Coca Cola, Life covers, Pears soap, Rosevelt Bears, Erte, Maxfield Parrish, Beatrice Potter,  fairies, Titanic, and so much more.    Thanks Kathy

 

 

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Added by Kathy Jones on March 30, 2012 at 10:15am — 2 Comments

Cheney gets a new heart. (I wonder if he got one from someone who opposed the Iraq War?)

Because Cheney is in the news for his life-saving surgery I thought I'd share with you the event materials I collected back on October 18, 2001... when the former VP came out of hiding from Osama bin Laden and spoke for the first time in public after 9/11 at the Al Smith Dinner in New York City. A historic event indeed.

Of…

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Added by Michael Ragsdale on March 25, 2012 at 8:41am — No Comments

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