Vintage Ephemera

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 and original circa 1930s die cut Valentine Card. Features a little girl rowing a boat at sea along side a steamship.

Front reads: My Heart's at Sea About You Dear Valentine.

Card measures about 3 3/8 inches wide  x 4 1/2 inches tall.

Condition is very good.

Marked: Printed in Germany.

A really cute vintage Valentine's Day Card!

Vintage and original circa 1950s die cut embossed Valentine Card. Features a boy with golf club and bag.

Front reads: Of course I want you for my Valentine.

Card measures about 5 1/2 inches wide  x 7 inches tall.

Condition is very good with a light soiling and pencil writing on the back.

A really cute vintage Valentine's Day Card!

Vintage and original circa 1930s die cut Valentine Card. Features a boy Chauffeur driving a little girl in an antique car.

Front reads: Valentine Greetings.

Card measures about 5 1/8 inches wide  x 3 1/4 inches tall.

Condition is very good with pencil writing on the back.

Marked: Made in Germany.

A really cute vintage Valentine's Day Card!

Vintage and original circa 1940s easel back die cut Valentine Card. Features a little blond girl dressed as a maid.  Girl is wearing a purple uniform with white apron, collar and hat.  She is holding a feather duster.

Back has a paper easel to allow the card to stand and girl's arm moves back and forth.

Front reads: Dust the cobwebs off your heart and be my Valentine.

Card measures about 2 3/4 inches wide  x 6 3/8 inches tall.

Condition is good with pencil writing on the back, light crease at her neck and a more pronounced crease where her hand meets the top of the feather duster.  There is also some light soiling.

A really cute vintage Valentine!

Vintage paper cigar label for Castle Hall. 

Label is embossed and has gold metallic accents.

Measures almost 4 1/2 inches wide x 4 3/8 inches long.

Antique Lot of 5 Hidden Name Victorian Calling Cards.  Cards feature pink roses, hands and doves. Top card opens like an envelope and has a blank card inside.  Lower 4 cards are all die cut and embossed.

• Elfrieda Bartels
• Melinda M. Riggert
• Paul A. Riggert
• Sophie Klaus

Vintage and original circa 1930s die cut mechanical Valentine card. Features a little boy at a dictation machine.  Boys body moves side to side.

Front reads: I hate to dictate to you, but tell me dear are you true? To My Valentine.

Marked on front: Germany

Card measures 3 5/8 inches wide  x 4 3/4 inches tall.

Condition is good with a crease near the tip of the love letter and pencil writing on the back.

Cute vintage Valentine!

Vintage and original circa 1930s embossed Valentine Card. Features a rosy cheeks boy dressed in green and blue checkered pants, black jacket, and black hat.  Boy is holding a red and gold heart.

Front reads:O.K. My Valentine

Marked on back Made in U.S.A.

Card measures 2 1/2 inches wide  x 6 3/4 inches tall.

Condition is very good with pencil writing on back.

Super cute vintage Valentine!

Lot of 10 vintage Christmas present name tag cards. Tags are all unused.

Tags all have a pink background, and include: 

• 4 Candy Canes
• 2 Santa Claus
• 4 Snowmen

The Santa Claus tags have glitter. 

Condition for all is very good.

These would be really cute used in a scrapbook project.

Listing includes all 10 tags.

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 1940s Bankers Life Insurance Company of Nebraska advertising playing cards deck. Black background with a view of an impressive looking bank building.  Established 1887.  Made by Brown & Bigelow of Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Cards measure the standard size at 2 1/4 inches wide x 3 1/2 inches long.

Deck contains:

• 52 playing cards (13 in each suit)
• 1946 Calendar card
• 1 Joker
• Belmont Playing Cards Box

Cards are used and do show some wear including scuffing to the surface, edge wear, age toning and some light creases.  Box is in very good condition with some edge and corner wear.

Use in:
Scrapbooks
Journals
Smash Books
Altered Art Projects
Gift Tags
Embellishments

Listing is for the entire deck of 52 cards, 1946 calendar card, 1 joker and Belmont playing cards box.

Vintage circa 1950s Miniature Playing Cards Deck. Horse Heads on Green Background. 

Cards measure only 1/5 inches wide x 2 1/2 inches long. Shown next to a standard size playing card in the 3rd and 4th photos.

Cards are used and do show wear including scuffing to the surface, age toning and some light creases. 52 cards in the deck.  No jokers.

Super Graphics.

Use in:
Scrapbooks
Journals
Smash Books
Altered Art Projects
Gift Tags
Embellishments

Listing is for the entire deck of 52 cards.

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.

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 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. 

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 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!

Vintage black and white photo in a large studio folder cardboard frame.  Dates to circa 1930s.

Features a mother and daughter.  Daughter is wearing eyeglasses.  Mother is wearing a necklace and earrings.

Marked "Johnston, Fairbury, Neb". 

This is a large folder frame measuring 9 5/8 inches wide x 13 1/4 inches tall when closed.  The actual photo measures 7 inches wide x 9 1/2 inches tall.

Condition of the photo is very good.  Folder shows some wear including a small moisture spot on the front, and some edge and corner wear.   Interior frame portion that holds the photo may need to be re-glued as it is loose at the top.

Nice large photo that would look wonderful on display!

Holiday Notes.  Vintage Christmas stationery featuring a candle lit lamp post entwined in Holly, with a couple of red Cardinals perched on the branches. 

Boxed set that includes 20 letter sheets and 20 round gold seals.  No envelopes needed as the stamp and seal are to be placed directly on these sheets, once folded. 

Sheets each measure 5 3/4 inches wide x 9 3/4 inches long.  Once folded they will measure 5 3/4 inches wide x 3 3/4 inches tall. 

Condition is very good unused for the sheets.  Original box shows some wear but would still make an attractive display.

Wonderful Christmas themed stationery for letter writing or scrapbooking!

Vintage original 1950s USED New Baby Congratulations greeting card lot.

Graphics include:

1. Baby in basket
2. Baby swaddled in brown glittered blanket
3. Baby sitting on an open book
4. Baby in diaper held up by a pink safety pin
5. White rattle with ribbon
6. Baby bib featuring a rabbit

Smallest card measures about 4 1/8 x 4 1/2.  Largest card measures 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches.

Cards are used and all have a signature or writing inside.

Publishers include: Rust Craft, Hallmark, and Quality Cards.

No envelopes.

Great for scrapbooking, journaling and altered art projects.