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Fine Arts Show - My ephemera won first place.

Hey ya'll. I used some 1960s era ephemera to create a multi-media 3D art piece titled "Fishing for Nixon". Entered it in the Beaufort County Arts Council Fine Arts Show and won first place and also an honorable mention for another piece. In all, I entered 4 pieces -- all wil be featured at the Arts Council through Dec. so needless to say, I'm thrilled. All 4 pieces contained ephemera - torn photos, magazine ads, parts of books. The best part is the prize $, which means I can buy MORE ephemera.… Continue

Added by Valerie MacEwan on October 25, 2008 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Jack Dempsey's autograph

Hey!! wow!! Going through a pile of papers yesterday, I found a "Good Luck, Jack Dempsey" pencil signature on the back of a piece of paper. The autograph matches the ones I've found online. The paper is from the Boy Scouts, World's Fair, New York, which would have been 1939 (according to my research) so there really is a great chance Dempsey was there and signed it. Now i have to place Dempsey at the World's Fair and blammo, it's a real autograph. I don't doubt it's authenticity, but it is bette… Continue

Added by Valerie MacEwan on October 3, 2008 at 10:40am — 3 Comments

Joseph von Wachter, a history lesson from two post cards

Joseph von Wachter walked from Nome, Alaska to New York in 1914. Over 4,000 of the total 10,742 miles, were covered with a dog team. Von Wachter visited the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, CA and the Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, CA. On the back of the one cent card, Wachter himself wrote: "Remember the evening of the Sept. 29, 1915 at the Hafbrau. The next card is signed by von Wachter on the front "Yours truly, Prof. Joseph von Wachter." *photos removed until… Continue

Added by Valerie MacEwan on September 9, 2008 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

Google ads on TEN

okay, so is it only on my page or do ya'll get the FatLoss4Idiots.com Google ad every time you pull up the site? Do I need to take it personally? Maybe I should start Ephemera4Idiots. I would instruct people on how to collect CVS pharmacy receipts... or Walgreens. Continue

Added by Valerie MacEwan on August 28, 2008 at 3:33pm — 9 Comments

Photography group to check out

Didn't know if anyone was aware of a great place to display, view old photos It's a flickr group The Museum of Found Photographs. Check it out by clicking here. You can waste a lot of non-precious time farting around looking at the photos... and upload some of your own. I did. And a tip -- try right clicking on the link so it will open in a new tab or window... we've got to figure out a way to make the links on TEN do that, right?… Continue

Added by Valerie MacEwan on August 27, 2008 at 7:32pm — No Comments

Opening entry

There may be infrequent posts here but hopefully, when something *fun* and ephemeral comes my way - I will scan it and put it on this blog for ya'll to see and comment upon. (don't end a sentence with a preposition) ;-) Today I found this

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Added by Valerie MacEwan on August 27, 2008 at 3:40pm — 1 Comment