Printed ephemera

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The collection is comprised of 26 chromolithographed advertising cards, one for each letter of the alphabet, that feature exaggerated depictions, primarily of misbehaving children. The cards are stamped with "Blake's Great Piano Palace, 612 Washington St., Boston," indicating that they were used for promotional purposes. Two of the cards feature racist caricatures.

Scope and Contents The Collection of Soviet Design Scrapbooks contains scrapbooks almost entirely filled with collages of newspaper clippings, labels, and other ephemera and photographic prints of type specimens glued to rectos and versos. Though the scrapbooks themselves were likely created between c.1965 and c.1990, the material within the scrapbooks largely ranges from the 1950s to approximately 1990, with some material of the early 20th century represented as well. The scrapbooks are largely composed of...

Scope and Contents This artificial collection, created by an unknown collector, contains 86 pieces of small printed ephemera, all on orange stock. The majority of the ephemera are from the northeastern and midwestern United States, with one order form from Texas and one hotel card from Germany. They cover a broad time range, with dated items from 1853-1960 and many undated items. The majority of items are from the late 19th century. Many types of ephemera are represented here including tickets and...

Scope and Contents This collection contains approximately 159 different roller rink decals from the 1930s and 1940s. The decals in this collection showcase rinks throughout the United States as well as Toronto and Vancouver in Canada. They often served as advertisements for the rinks themselves as well as for roller skating as a pastime, and thus are eye-catching in design. Each decal is mounted on a black album page. Some pages feature multiple decals. The decals are die-cut, many in the shape of a roller...

Scope and Contents The Dan Wood Collection of Amalgamated Printers Association Ephemera includes printed works by APA members for inclusion in the monthly bundles that were collected by APA member Dan Wood. Wood collected mailed bundles from when he first became a member of the organization in August 2001 through October 2009. Not all months from each year are in the collection, and some bundles are incomplete. The collection materials include handwritten communications from APA mailers to Dan Wood, examples...