One of the pleasures of collecting ephemera is coming across details that are intriguing or surprising or revelatory or surprisingly relevant or interestingly obscure. The banner running around and through the word βDUNHAMβ does something sophisticated, rarely attempted in wood engraving: emulating transparency. The banner is rendered as if one can[…]
Index of The Ephemera Journal, Volumes 1-13 This index of The Ephemera Journal lists all of the articles published in the thirteen issues from 1987 until 2010. Several of these issues reprinted papers from Ephemera Society of America organized symposia. Volume 1:1987 β Volume 13: 2010 Articles:“A Baby in[…]
[…] by Edward Charles Blount 1867-75 that combined photographs in imaginative watercolor collage. Three fellowship students showed material they researched: Sarah Carlson , menus; Caroline Johnson , production materials for the series Mad Men (she is also interest -ed in women aviators such as Harriet Quimby); and Virginia Seymour , the archive of Joe E. […]
In this post, Dick Sheaff presents ephemera that points to a new business model β selling by mail. You donβt actually go to the target market yourself β you mail to it. An example of that model is The Larkin Company of Buffalo, which fine-tuned the model to a highly[…]
The Ephemera Society The Ephemera Society has worked hard for several decades to position itselfβand to functionβas the central organization in the country for individuals and institutions active in the world of ephemera. We would very much like to grow the organization, both to become a more embracing umbrella, and to
Back when America was largely an agricultural nation, folks were accustomed to personally processing their crops and their animals into food for the table. As the 19th century moved along and industrialization increasingly created manufactured tools and equipment, farm machinery became a major sector of the economy. With the development
[…] is often the butt of jokes. Sheng-mei Ma is Professor of English at Michigan State University, specializing in Asian Diaspora/Asian American studies and East-West comparative studies. His latest books are: Sinophone-Anglophone Cultural Duet (2017), The Last Isle: Contemporary Film, Culture and Trauma in Global Taiwan (2015), and Alienglish: Eastern Diasporas in Anglo-American To n […]
Ephemera 44 March 14-17, 2024 Hyatt Regency Old Greenwich1800 E Putnam Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT The taking of opposing positions and advancing them, often to a resolution, is integral to our history. Our March 2024 conference looked at the ephemera of conflict and where possible,[…]
In βThe Artistβs Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887β1920ββthe exhibition on view in The Huntingtonβs MaryLou and George Boone Gallery through May 9βyou can catch a glimpse of a 19th-century innovation that brightened the visual culture of the age: color lithography, or stone printing in multiple inks. Examples of
[…] Lois Weber, of Silent Films Martin Norden Silent films of the late 1890s to 1920s used numerous strategies for promotion and marketing of thousands of movies. Publicity materials included handbills, slides, advertisements, and detailed narrative summaries published Ephemera/38 Let Me Entertain You! SCHEDULE meant to be discarded: posters, handbills, scribbled notes. Craig Inciardi was […]