When it comes to ephemera there are no rules to what can be collected. This post is about an unlikely collection of fire cracker wrappers and they are so cool.

Chinese Firecrackers – An impressive collection of vintage labels

Since 1968, Michael McHenry collects vintage labels that pack Chinese firecrackers, which are found in all traditional celebrations. A fascinating collection that documents the evolution of designs and graphic styles, and the imagery related to firecrackers. Some of these labels are very rare and can reach very high prices.

For odd shaped paper ephemera we have a few different suggestions for how to store and display them. The first is in 3-ring binder pages and binders. Here’s a link to the various sizes we carry.  Link	The 2nd idea is use our archival presentation books. They come in nine sizes and have 24 pages (48 views).Link