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Curating the beauty of the past. Vintage book illustrations, antique advertisements, posters, postcards and forgotten ephemera. Enjoy!

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Goldfinger
LIFE magazine
November 6, 1964

#ephemera #bond

15.01.2026 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Safely led by the North Holland Life Insurance Company, Alkmaar
1891

#ephemera #insurance

12.01.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Don't be a stork."
From:
The Duluth Herald, 1920

#ephemera

12.01.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nose Pendulum

From:
Science Experiences with Inexpensive Equipment by Carleton John Lynde, 1939

#ephemera #experiment

08.01.2026 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Where do we go from here?"
From Concordia Teachers College's 1922 yearbook.

#ephemera

06.01.2026 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shadows are not enough, apparently.
From Susquehanna University's 1956 yearbook.

#ephemera #susquehanna

06.01.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The marvellous and bold covers to a 1929 Swiss Railways German language booklet "Die Schweiz" - Switzerland.

#ephemera #switzerland

05.01.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's looking at you!

Puck Magazine
Sept. 1914

#ephemera #magazine #puck

05.01.2026 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WELCOME TO FEAR CITY
A Survival Guide for Visitors to the City of New York
1975

Different pamphlets warned of high rates of violent crime and and contained guidelines for survival.

Link to the brochure:
researchdestroy.com/welcome-to-f...

04.01.2026 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shadowland
Cover | November 1921

#ephemera #shadowland

04.01.2026 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ha Ha Comics
1944

#ephemera #comics #haha

03.01.2026 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tyrant in the house?
Thorazine can control the agitated, belligerent senile.
1962

#ephemera #ad #thorazine #history

02.01.2026 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello! This is liberty speaking - billions of dollars are needed and needed now
1918

Source: Library of Congress

#ephemera #liberty #telephone

01.01.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This man forgot to shut the door
1880

Source: Library of Congress

#ephemera #history #geschichte

01.01.2026 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Skiing
ca. 1900

Source: National Library of Norway

#ephemera #postcard #skiing

31.12.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beauty and the Beast. by Jean Cocteau with Jean Marais, Josette Day 1946

#ephemera #vintage #film

31.12.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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