Remember when a week at the Surfers Paradise El Dorado Hotel was the ultimate holiday for sun-worshippers? Or when taking a road trip with the new caravan was the only way to see Australia? Items of ephemera have a special capacity to jog those memories of time past: the menu from a sumptuous anniversary dinner, your ticket to an AFL football final or the program form the opening night of Cats.

Richard Stone has drawn on his extensive knowledge of the National Library of Australia's treasure trove of ephemera to compile this fascinating visual journey. Whether designed to inform, persuade or shock, these remarkable 'reminders', beautifully reproduced, are a fascinating record of Australian life over the last 150 years.

You can buy this book from the National Library of Australia by clicking here

Here's an interesting piece that someone found at a Flea Market a couple of years ago.

It's from the New York City Summer Festival of 1966. NY was then depicted as "The City with Everything"

Illustrated by Rudi Bass.

You can see a whole collection of Fun Ephemera by clicking here.

Here are some of the wonderful people I have met on ebay... and a link to their auctions:

Marilyn - some kewl items from a wonderful seller in the Wahington, DC area

Steven and Marie - Steven and Margie's Vintage Ads

Susan Heywood - Susan is a guru on Vintage Postcard Collecting

Cindy Robertson - Author of:"Sell-ur-Grandma's Guide to Vintage and Collectible Magazines" .. a worthwhile read!