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July 2008 Blog Posts (10)

Holography Ephemera

In my spare time I like to wander around the Internet and find other persons interested in various different forms of Ephemera.

Today’s wanderings took me to the website of Frank DeFreitas. Frank’s blog is entitled Antiquarian Holographica - with a subtitle of Holography Ephemera: Curating, Archiving and Preservation.

Read more about Frank's collections and about Holographic Ephemera at my Encore-Ephemera… Continue

Added by Tom Murphy on July 30, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection

The University of Washington Libraries has created a digital library of leaflets and newspapers that were distributed on the campus during the decades of the 1960s and 1970s. They reflect the social environment and political activities of the youth movement in Seattle during that period.

As a Vietnam War Era Veteran I personally found the exhibit to be tastefully done and a highly interesting collection.

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Added by Tom Murphy on July 29, 2008 at 12:35pm — No Comments

Antique Advertising, Book & Paper Show

Here's an Ephemera Show that I was not aware of... I wonder if the readers are? The Great Eastern U.S. Antique Advertising, Book & Paper Show was at the Allentown Fairgrounds on Saturday July 19th.

Learn more about it at my blog.

Also, mark the date of October 4th, 2008 for the next show.

I’m Tom Murphy and thanks for helping me give Ephemera the encore it deserves.

Added by Tom Murphy on July 22, 2008 at 8:59am — No Comments

The Old Calculator Web Museum

Perhaps a bit of a deviation here from normal Ephemera stuff.. but I still think this fits into the general theme of this blog.

The museum is run by a fellow named Rick Bensene in Beavercreek, Oregon. On his site he talks about how he has been a fan of computing technology since the mid 60's - and now works in the industry.

He says that he

started the Old Calculator Museum on the Internet in 1998 to bring to the light of the public Internet the fascinating…

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Added by Tom Murphy on July 18, 2008 at 2:23pm — No Comments

AIDS Ephemera

This morning I posted what I think is an interesting article about The National Library of Medicine's newest website, AIDS Ephemera. It's based on an exhibit of that name at the National Library of Medicine which ran from November 2002 to June 2003. You can read it on my Encore-Ephemera blog

Have a look.. I hope you enjoy.

Tom

Added by Tom Murphy on July 17, 2008 at 9:33pm — No Comments

I wish I was in London...

There is what appears to be a wonderful Ephemera collection on exhibit at the British Library in London. It's the Evanion Collection of Ephemera and you can learn a bit about it from my recent blog post.. and from their you can visit the Museum itself.

If you live in London or nearby, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the collection... assuming you have been to see it.

Tom

Added by Tom Murphy on July 14, 2008 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Hobo Graffiti Ephemera

I posted an article on my blog yesterday about Railroad Graffiti and the Ephemera associated with it. It comes from a new book entitled ""Mostly True: The Story of Bozo Texino".

While it is not directly related to ephemera collecting, some of you may find it interesting.

My blog is entitled encore-ephemera

Thank

Tom

Added by Tom Murphy on July 13, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Port Lavaca Wave Article About My Passion For Ephemera

Postcards from the past

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 12:58 PM CDT

BY TANIA FRENCH - He has passion for the past. Postcards, historical documents, fossils… Kyle Boyd-Robertson delves into it all.

Although Boyd-Robertson has always had a fondness for fossils and historical documents, it was with an 1893 Priest of Pallas postcard that he realized his interest in collecting - particularly old postcards.

“I thought it was a beautiful picture,” said… Continue

Added by Kyle Boyd-Robertson on July 8, 2008 at 3:00am — 4 Comments

1920s and 1930s Travel Ephemera

T.E.N members who are interested in travel ephemera, especially with a focus on Europe from the 20s and 30s, will surely want to take a look at David Levine's Travel Brochure site.

David says:

I took the red pill, fell down the rabbit hole, and got stuck in Wonderland, and started collecting travel ephemera in 1992 while I was on my way to Prague, Czech Republic where I lived from 1992 to 1994. We had stopped in London on our way to Prague and one day in London we…

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Added by Tom Murphy on July 6, 2008 at 5:21pm — No Comments

Presidential Ephemera

As November 2008 approaches and Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama approach not only their own party's Convention but also the General Election in November, Americans begin to see more and more buttons, bumper stickers, print advertising and other items of Ephemera.

John F Kennedy Johnson

And while we can truly consider these items as Ephemera - transitory written and printed matter, not intended to be retained or preserved - history tells us that these items are in fact retained and… Continue

Added by Tom Murphy on July 4, 2008 at 11:00am — 2 Comments