Vintage Ephemera

Original Antique Die Cut and Embossed Victorian Scrap.  Features a large leaf with pink flowers around the edges. 

Scrap measures about 5 1/4 inches wide x 4 3/8 inches long.

Condition is good with some wear around the edges, including a few tips broken off.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Original Antique Die Cut and Embossed Victorian Scrap.  Features a young boy and girl, riding in an antique baby buggy or stroller. 

Fairly large scrap measuring about 4 1/2 inches wide x 5 1/4 inches long.

Condition is very good with some light wear around the edges.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Original Antique Die Cut Embossed Victorian reward of merit card.  Features a house scene and a gentle stream, surrounded by a pink and gold floral border. 

Large card measuring about 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches.

Marked in the lower left front corner: The Gibson Art Co. Cincinnati

Handwritten date on the back of 1897.

Condition is good with some wear around the edges, a couple of creases at the bottom left corner, and discoloration on the back.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Original Antique Die Cut Embossed Victorian Scrap Card featuring a snowy house scene, pink carnation flowers and a couple of birds. 

Large card measuring about 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches.

Marked in the lower left front corner: Gibson & Co. Cincinnati

Condition is good with some wear around the edges, a couple of creases along  at the very top, and discoloration on the back.

Lower portion is a shiny silver color, which has some soiling. There is also a bit of waviness along the bottom.  (please zoom in on all photos for condition)

Beautiful vivid colors!

Original Antique Die Cut Embossed Victorian Scrap featuring a songbird,  yellow rose, snow covered branches, and a snowy church scene. 

Card measures about 3 3/4 x 5 inches.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Condition is very good with some discoloration on the back.

Original antique advertising trade card for Lion Coffee. 

Shows an adorable boy and girl, in bed, dreaming of Christmas day.

Large Christmas Greeting trade card measuring 5 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Condition is good with some wear to the edges, small crease upper left corner, and small spot of paper loss on the back.

Original antique advertising trade card for J & P Coats Spool Cotton.  This is one of the Military Uniform series cards.

This card shows the uniform of the Army of the United States, 1833 - 1850. 

Marked in the bottom front lower right corner: Copyright 1895, by Brig. Gen'l S. B. Holabird, QR Master Gen'l U.S.A.

Back is marked at the bottom center: G. H. Buek Co. Lith. N.Y.

Card measures 4 3/16 inches wide x 4 13/16 inches tall.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Condition is very good with light wear to the edges and corners. There is light crease to the upper right corner and a horizontal crease about a third of a way down on the left edge.

Price reflects condition.

Vintage Cardboard Clock Face Moveable Hands For Teaching.

Thick rigid card stock clock face with movable plastic hands.

Measures 8 1/8 inches wide x 9 3/4 inches tall.

Made by Media Materials Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland.  Numbered at the lower right front 9375-X1.

Dates to circa 1970s or 1980s.

Condition is good with some black specks on the white portion of the clock face.  And some edge and corner wear.

A fun retro classroom supply!

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.

This is an original men's fashion illustration from M. Born & Company, Fall & Winter 1924 - 25 catalog.  From "The Oldest and Largest Wholesale Tailors in the World.". 

Heavy card stock weight paper.

Page measures about 12 1/4 inches wide  x 15 3/4 inches tall.

Back of page has glue residue from where fabric samples were removed.

Page has foxing around the borders and on the image.  Edges of border were not cut evenly when removed from the catalog.

This fashion illustration would look wonderful framed!

Vintage Original Warner's Very Easy Method for Italian Accordion for Beginners. 1, 2 or 3 Rows. Copyright 1923 by the Chart Music Publishing House, Chicago.

Soft cover book measuring  about 7 inches wide x 10 1/4 inches long, with 18 pages.  Staple binding.

Good used condition with normal wear from handling and some of the pages have notes or numbers written in ink, on the lessons.

Vintage Original Sing Sociability Songs for Camps, Homes, Communities and Schools. By the Rodeheaver Hall Mack Company of Winona Lake, Indiana.  Printed in U.S.A.  Copyright 1928 by Homer A. Rodeheaver.

Soft cover book measuring  5 7/8 inches wide x 8 3/4 inches long, with 127 pages.  Staple binding.

A sampling of songs include:

• Oh! Susanna
• America, The Beautiful
• Flag of The Free
• Annie Laurie
• Hallow E'en
• Dear Old Pals
• The Old Rugged Cross
• I Need Jesus
• Soldiers' Chorus
• It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
• We Three Kings of Orient Are

The back cover is an index to the songs.

Condition is used with wear and soiling to the cover and a few of the interior pages. Front cover also has a small tear the bottom left of the Statue of Liberty.  There are also some foil stars adhered to some of the pages.

Vintage Original Report on 4-H Club Activities in the Republic of Korea.  July 1959.  Institute of Agriculture. Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry Suwon, Korea.

Soft cover book measuring  7 3/8 inches wide x 10 1/4 inches long.  Staple binding.

Contents include:

• Development of 4-H Club movement in Korea
• Organization
• Accomplishments
• Project activities
• 4-H Club meeting & other activities

Many black & white photos throughout.

Condition is good with wear and soiling to the cover and a crease to the lower right edge of the front cover.  Blue ink notation on page 2.

Money School. Vintage 1963 Educational Pop Up Coin Saver or Counter Folder.

Folder is made of a stiff heavy card stock that is 1/8 of an inch thick.  Opens to a pop up featuring a wise owl, as the teacher, chipmunk, squirrel and rabbit.  The rabbit is holding a nickel, the chipmunk a dime, and the squirrel is holding a quarter.

Top section has slots for fifty cent pieces, nickels, dimes, pennies, and quarters.  With each row showing as an addition, multiplication or division problem.

Lower section has columns of addition problems and subtraction problems.  With a grand total of $10.36 shown in the bottom right corner.

Back is marked:

• Copyright 1963
• M. A. Gerett
• Menomonee Falls, Wis.

Covers show some wear and small scuff and scratches.  Silver dollar slot also has a small tear along the right edge.  Nice bright colors.

Blue item in some of the pictures is just an item I used to hold the folder open for the photos.

A fun back to school teaching collectible!

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!

Antique Victorian religious poetry booklet. Words of Trust by Reverend Peter Stryker, D.D.  Cover features a hand fan with a tranquil house scene.

Booklet measures about 4 1/4 inches wide x 5 1/2 inches tall.  With five single sided pages.  No illustration.

Booklet has two holes through the cover and all pages that at one time were bound with a string or ribbon.  It is no longer bound.  All interior pages are loose from the cover.  Cover front and back is one single piece.

Condition is good with some soiling and wear to the cover.  Interior pages are good with some light soiling and age toning.

Vintage original 1940s embroidered card featuring a red, white, and blue USA flag and green shamrocks. Blue striped surround with a gold colored border. A 1944 calendar is attached at the bottom.  Gold colored ribbon at the top so it can be hung on a wall.

Reads: From Ireland. To My Dear Sister

Card portion is a cardstock weight and measures 4.75 inches wide x a little over 6.5 inches tall.

Calendar portion measures about 2.75 inches wide x 2 inches tall.  Complete with all months January - December of 1944.

Condition is good with soiling, wear, and a crease through the cover of the calendar.  Card portion is somewhat curved along the edges (does not lay completely flat).  And you can see residue on the back where it was once glued to a larger item.

Vintage original 1950s Sylvania Flash Guide Dial Wheel.  Dial the center circular black wheel to select Lamp to Subject Distance in feet and the other side of the wheel will show Flash Guide Numbers.

Using the table on the back you are to find guide number for film and shutter speed you are using.

Set arrow on dial opposite this number.  The correct lens opening will now be opposite the distance from your flash to your subject.

Printed on a heavy card stock, wheel measures about 5 inches in diameter with the center wheel measuring a little over 3.5 inches.

Condition is very good with some wear and light blue smudges along outer wheel and on the back.  Also a small crease near the center of the black wheel.

Vintage original death notice funeral card for Mrs. George Mormon of Washington, Kansas.

Includes: Age at time of death. Place of death.  Location of funeral and burial location.

Card measures  5 3/8 inches wide x 3 1/2 inches tall.

Condition is good with some light soiling.

15 cards available at time of listing.  Shown is the one with the most soiling.  All others have less soiling.