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This 41-year-old store is chock full of ephemera of all kinds.

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I have heard ( and seen) postcard collections sorted by types.

Here are a few categories: Silk Postcards, Real Photograph Postcards, Linen Postcards, White Border Postcards, Big Letter Postcards – just to name a few....

Crystal Clear Greeting Card Protection

Old Greeting Cards are very collectible ephemera – especially holiday and seasonal greeting cards. Sometimes they are collected as nostalgia, sometimes because of the...

Glossary Term: Cabinet Card

More glossary terms When photography was created it was first only used for documentation, a means to an end. The process was solidified with light...

Lithography opened up the boom of mass printed matter

One of the more interesting type of posters created were magic posters. Lithographic printing coincided with the “Golden Age” of magic and the posters...

Even if a storm hasn’t come through your area

...and wreaked havoc on your book collection, knowing how to care for a waterlogged tome is good general knowledge to have. Below is a...

Postcards are an endless source of information when gathered in the...

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5 tips for historical research: from uncovering local history to plotting...

Collectors in their own right are historians. Whether they realize it or not, no matter what type of collection they are honing it is...

This Week in History: 1858 There’s gold in this collection of...

People sometimes wonder why they collect ephemeral items like billheads, maps, broadsides, and timetables – other than loving history. This article gives us some...

This article shows the day of a company archivist.

It’s interesting to see over 100 years of a company’s development so beautifully cared for. Note the archival boxes for photos and documents! https://illumination.duke-energy.com/articles/he-helps-preserve-company-treasures If you...

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Don’t Collect Then Neglect!

It’s easy to get so caught up in the process of accumulating things - after all, that’s the fun part! - that...

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HOLIDAY-THEMED EPHEMERA