November 20, 2008
Marty Weil's wide-ranging, in-depth blog on ephemera, including lots of great interviews with ephemera collectors. … [more]
Great reference on ephemera... includes examples and descriptions of various ephemera categories, selected special … [more]
This archive of 76 influential American cookbooks from the late 1700s to early 1900s, assembled by the Michigan St… [more]
Wish you'd visited San Francisco in the late 1960s? Get a quick hit with this comprehensive collection of psychadel… [more]
Paula Zargaj-Reynolds’ blog, an extensive collection of 20th century vintage advertising, is a visual feast. Scro… [more]
Greg Kindall's collection of over 2100 colorful and historic book labels, pasted into books by publishers, printers… [more]
Ben Samuels' site includes high resolution scans of about 250 classic comic book covers from the 1940s and 50s. Div… [more]
Wish you'd kept your stubs from when you followed The Dead around? Check out this collection of over 3,000 Grateful… [more]
This portal site highlights Harvard's many web accessible collections, featuring everything from photographs to mus… [more]
This Smithsonian exhibit lets you view or download PDFs of entire manufacturers catalogs for early scientific instr… [more]
This great gallery of over 100 covers of Jack Kerouac's classic 1957 novel 'On The Road' is worth a look for its co… [more]
James Lileks' excellent collection of 20th Century visuals, ephemera and social commentary. Includes motel postcard… [more]
Dedicated to vintage paper mache nativity composition figures and displays, this site offers a history of nativity … [more]
A must-see collection of 5,000 vivid, colorful British posters from the early 1900s onward. Browse by artist (over … [more]
This incredible database of over 3700 magazine covers from 1850-1950 is both beautiful and informative. Start here … [more]
This collection of hundreds of posters, cards and portaits from the 'golden age of magic' (1890-1930) is organized … [more]
Get ready to cruise with Bjorn Larsson's extensive collection of beautifully designed shipping company timetables. … [more]
This ambitious site showcases the 20,000-item Rankei Library matchbook collection, owned by the Japan Match Manufac… [more]
James Lileks' gallery of 250 matchbooks from coffee shops, hotels, motels, bars, banks, restaurants and more. Lilek… [more]
Jane McDevitt's huge Flickr photoset of matchbox labels, primarily Eastern European, from the 1950s and 60s. These … [more]
