Vintage Ephemera

Lot of 12 vintage 1941 Pawnee County Nebraska First and Second Premium Fair Tags.

The eight blue tags were awarded for 1st Premium, and the two red tags awarded for 2nd Premium.  The tan tags have both first and second premium stickers attached. 

All are dated 1941 and are attached to each other by a string through the holes.

These tags were made by Dennison Manufacturing Co. U.S.A.  Each measure a little over 4 1/4 inches wide x 2 1/8 inches tall.

Tags have some light soiling, wear along the edges, and some have creases.

Listing is for all 12 tags.

Nice Nebraska memorabilia!

Lot of 15 vintage 1940 Pawnee County Nebraska First and Second Premium Fair Tags.

The twelve blue tags were awarded for 1st Premium, and the three red tags awarded for 2nd Premium.  All are dated 1940 and are attached to each other by a string through the holes.

These tags were made by Dennison Manufacturing Co. U.S.A.  Each measure a little over 4 1/4 inches wide x 2 1/8 inches tall.

Tags have some light soiling, wear along the edges, and some have creases.

Listing is for all 15 tags.

Nice Nebraska memorabilia!

Lot of 6 vintage Hastings Ice Company Tickets Good For 25 Cents in Ice.

Published by Weldon, Williams & Lick of Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Date to circa 1910.

Tickets each measure 2 x 1 inch.

Great for scrapbooking, mixed media projects and junk journals!

Vintage 1959 calendar Top. Advertising for Hill's Garage. Jesse A. Hill proprietor.  General Repair - Cars - Tractors - Combines and Tow Service.  Phone 5-4461.  Location is not listed but it was most likely Fairbury, Nebraska.

Print is titled "Western Champs" and features a cowgirl with her horse.  Copyright A. Fox, 1959. Litho in U.S.A.

Calendar top measures 10 x 14 3/8 inches. Print measures 7 7/8 inches wide x 9 7/8 inches long. 

Condition is good with some foxing, soiling and paper loss in a spot near the bottom and one along the left edge.  Also appears to have been trimmed along the bottom edge.

Vintage original Tavern Post. Volume 3 Number 1. Published by Tavern Tattlers, Santa Ana Junior College.  December 1930.

Softcover poetry book measuring 6 3/8 inches wide x 9 1/2 inches long with 63 pages.

Condition is very good with mild wear to cover.  Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears. 

Vintage original International Livestock Exposition Official Horse Show Catalogue and Evening Program.  Nov. 26 to Dec. 3, Inclusive 1938.  International Amphitheatre, Chicago.

Softcover book measuring 6 7/8 inches wide x 10 inches long with 82 pages. 

Contents include:

• Local Advertising
• Schedule of Events
• Officers
• Directors
• Judges
• Rules and Regulations

Condition is very good with mild wear to cover, mostly near the spine and some light soiling.  Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears. 

Vintage original Second Annual Lincoln Horse Show. May 16 & 17, 1930. Lincoln, Nebraska.

Softcover booklet printed by McKelvie Publishing Company of Lincoln, Nebraska.

Program measures 6 7/8 inches wide x 9 7/8 inches long with 40 pages. 

Contents include:

• Local Advertising
• Board of Governors List
• Patronesses
• Judges
• Rules of the show
• Programs for the various events

Advertisers include: DuTeau Chevrolet, Eppley Hotels, Hovland-Swanson Co., O'Shea Motor Company, Frey & Frey Floral, Graves Printing Co., Capitol Engraving Co., De Brown Auto Sales Co., Rogers Motor Co., Woodman Accident Company, Woods Brothers Company, The Brandeis Store, Faulkner Brothers Farm, Eastman Kodak Stores, C.C. Barlow Harness, Lawlor Sporting Goods, Walt's Music House, J. Shneider Tailors, Macdonald Photographs, Mart Do Ran Horse Shoer, First National Bank, Smith Brothers Polo Club, DeWitt Grain Company, and Varsity Cleaners.

Condition is very good with slight wear to cover, mostly near the spine and some light soiling.  Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears. 

Vintage circa 1950 Boys Town Nebraska full sheet of 25 Cinderella stamps.

Full sheet measures 10 1/4 inches wide x 8 1/8 inches long.  Individual stamps each measure just over 2 inches wide x 1 5/8 inches tall. 

Condition is very good and stamps are unused.  They have been stored partially folded, along the perforations, in a Boys Town souvenir postcard folder for many years. 

Wonderful views showing various activities available at Boys Town!

Original antique Chase and Sanborn Coffee and Tea Advertising Booklet.  The History of Our American Flag.  Copyright 1898, Gray Litho Co., N.Y.

Booklet measures 3 inches wide x just over 4 inches tall, with 16 pages including front and back covers.

Front cover shows an angel holding a laurel wreath, while overlooking the American Flag.

Inside includes 6 color litho pages showing flags. 

Including:

The Bunker Hill Flag 1775

Pine Tree Flag of the Navy 1775

Rattlesnake Flag 1775

First Union Flag 1776

First National Flag (13 Stars)

There is also Chase and Sanborn advertising scattered throughout on the pages of text which tell the story of the flag.

All pages are shown in the photos.

Booklet is in excellent condition and the color lithos are gorgeous.

Lot of 13 Original vintage late 1920s and early 1930s handwritten and typed letters.  

All 13 letters are addressed to Velma Mundis.  Her location varied with some going to Table Rock, Nebraska; Mahaska, Kansas;  and Linn, Kansas.

Postmarks include: Linn, Kansas; Reynolds, Nebraska; Beatrice, Nebraska; and Palmer, Kansas (?);

10 letters are from girl friends
2 are typewritten on letterheads
1 is a love letter from Henry (Hank) Mikulecky to Velma.  This is the pink letter and envelope.  From research I have done she was born in 1913 and he in 1907.  They did end up marrying.

Letters all date to 1929, 1930 and 1931.  

You will receive all 13 letters for the price.

Condition is good for all with some wear and soiling to envelopes.

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Original vintage 1950s handwritten love letters. From Norma Kasparek in Dorchester, Nebraska to Harold Roelfs at Diller, Nebraska. Letters were written in the late 1950s. They did end up marrying and lived near Diller!

I've only read a few of the letters. In one, she tells of how she was offered a teaching job. In another he was serving as a Sergeant in a military branch, and stationed in Fort Carson, Colorado. A lot of conversation about everyday life.

You will receive a lot of 10 letters, which will be chosen at random from this collection. Envelope and letter size and color will vary. All are from Norma to Harold. Condition is good for all with some wear and soiling to envelopes.

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Vintage original The New England Calendar for Engagements, 1946 Week by Week, by Samuel Chamberlain.

This calendar is in book form with plastic comb binding.  Comes in original box. 

Book measures 6 5/8 inches wide x 8 1/2 inches tall.

Left side of each 2 page spread has a weeks worth of days, on which to write notes.  Right side of the page shows a New England view.

Book is unused.

Condition is very good with previous owners name written inside front cover.  And there is a small tear at the bottom of the front page, near the spine.

Box also shows wear.

Nice piece of New England memorabilia!

Original antique 1909 Booklet for the fifth anniversary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of America. Verdon, Nebraska lodge 289, I.O.O.F.  Dated April 26, 1909.

Booklet measures 3.5 inches wide x about 5 inches tall.  Tied at spine with a pink and cream colored ribbon.   Cover is embossed.

Inside is one sheet of paper (four pages).

Includes:

Condition is very good with a couple of brown stains on the front and back covers.

Great piece of Nebraska I.O.O.F. memorabilia!

Original antique Pawnee County Nebraska, district 11 school report card for student, Maude Clark.  For the school year of 1903-04.

Card measures 3.5 inches wide x 6.25 inches tall.

Includes attendance report and marks in studies.

Signed by teacher, Maude Smith.

Condition is good with a couple of horizontal creases, age toning, and some fading to the writing.

Great piece of Nebraska school memorabilia!

Vintage original 1961 Wymore, Nebraska Advertising Calendar for Boettcher Plumbing and Heating.

Inside has calendar pages for January through December of 1961.  

Back of the calendar features a page for almanac information, zodiak sign ruling periods.  A page for weights, measures, and other information.  A page featuring directions for installing wallpaper.  And the back page shows a chart showing how many rolls of wallpaper are needed for a project.

Calendar measures 7 wide x 11 1/2 inches tall.  Each monthly calendar page features an adorable photo of children interacting with various animals. 

Condition is very good with no writing on the pages. Does have some age toning, and there is some waviness of the paper near the top of the calendar.

Nice piece of Wymore, Nebraska memorabilia!

Vintage 1983 Fairbury, Nebraska Encased Cent, Lucky Penny, Souvenir Coin.

Front has a four leaf clover at the top and reads: Keep me and have good luck. I Bring Good Luck.

Back reads: First National Bank 1883 - 1983. Fairbury Nebr. Member F.D.I.C.

Encasement measures about 1 3/8 inches wide and about 1 1/2 inches tall. Holds a 1983 D Lincoln penny.

Condition is good with some wear to front and back.

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Vintage 1983 Fairbury, Nebraska Encased Cent, Lucky Penny, Souvenir Coin.

Front has a four leaf clover at the top and reads: Keep me and have good luck. I Bring Good Luck.

Back reads: First National Bank 1883 - 1983. Fairbury Nebr. Member F.D.I.C.

Encasement measures about 1 3/8 inches wide and about 1 1/2 inches tall. Holds a 1983 D Lincoln penny.

Condition is fair, as the penny does show wear both front and back.

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Vintage Class of 1936 Chester Nebraska Graduation Announcement.

Measures 4.25 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall. 

Front reads: The Senior Class of Chester High School announces its Commencement Exercises Monday evening, May twenty-fifth at eight o'clock, Methodist Church Auditorium.

Card opens.  Inside has the Class Motto, Class Colors, Class Flower, and Class Roll.

Condition is very good with some age toning and browning inside where the ribbon touched the other page.

No envelope.

Nice piece of Chester Memorabilia!

Vintage original 1960s School Years Scrapbook.  Book has a double sided page for each grade, starting with Kindergarten up through grade 12.  Each grade has a pocket to hold important papers, etc.

Front of each page has a spot to attach a student photo and a line for: School name, Teacher name, First Day of School, Age, Height, Weight.  And enclosure examples of: Report Cards, Class Picture, Awards, Achievements, Mementos, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic Samples, and Other.

Back of each page has lines for: New Friends, Activities, Achievements, Awards, When I Grow Up I Want To Be, and student signature.

Inside back cover is a Health Record for Immunization Dates.  And a chart for Childhood Illnesses and Accidents.

Copyright 1965 by Concord Craftsmen Inc.

This is a softcover book with plastic comb spine.  Book measures 6 5/8 inches wide x 9 1/8 inches tall.

Book is UNUSED

Condition is very good with age toning to covers and some light soiling.

Vintage 1961 Kansas State Centennial Wooden Nickel Souvenir Coin.

Front reads: Midway USA, Centennial Of The State Of Kansas 1861-1961

Back reads: Welcome Hays Chamber of Commerce, Blockhouse - Fort Hays - 1867

Nickel measures about 1 1/2 inches wide.

Condition is very good.

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Vintage Washington Kansas Wooden Nickel 1960 Centennial Souvenir Coin.

Front reads: All Roads Lead To Washington, Kansas

Back reads: 1960 May 31 Washington CENTENNIAL Kansas June 1, 2 1960

Nickel measures about 1 1/2 inches wide.

Condition is very good.

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