What Is Ephemera?

Ephemera includes a broad range of minor (and sometimes major) everyday documents intended for one-time or short-term use. The 402-page Encyclopedia of Ephemera lists more than 500 categories from bookmarks to fruit wrappers to posters to theater tickets. To learn more, click on an underlined category below. Members are encouraged to contribute examples in their areas of interest. Please contact the Ephemera Society for further details.


Ephemera Collage

advertisements
air transport labels
bank checks
baseball cards
billheads
Blotters
bonds
bookmarks
bookplates
broadsides
brochures
business cards
calendars
cameo stamps
chromos
cigar box labels & bands
clipper ship cards
die-cuts
greeting cards
indentures
invitations
labels
letters
Luggage Tags

magazines
maps
menus
newspapers
packaging
pamphlets
paper dolls
passes
photographs
postcards
poster stamps
posters
programs
rewards of merit
seed company ads
Shakers
sheet music
songsters
stocks
tickets
timetables
trade cards
trade catalogs
valentines
watch papers

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