Generally collectable items not designed to last, especially paper collectables like postcards, photographs, posters, etc
Printed matter of current and passing interest, and usually short-lived, such as periodicals, handbills, and topical pamphlets.
printed matter of passing interest e.g. vintage postcards, stamps
Plural of ephemeron. Usually refers to paper objects that are intended to last only a short time.
Miscellaneous printed and published materials, such as advertisements, posters, broadsides, cards, and brochures, created for short-term use but historically valuable as illustrations of past events or activities.
Items usually created for reading and subsequent disposal. Some examples include letters, advertisements, magazines and newspapers.
A piece of nostalgic memorablia, often pamphlets, brochures or braodsides.
Current material of contemporary interest, such as newspaper clippings and pamphlets. AQ - Frequently asked question - A document that lists and answers the most common questions on a particular subject is often referred to as a FAQ.
Items created for specific and limited use. A very useful term for miscellanea. Used for business & advertising cards, tickets, menus, display cards, forms, invitations, bookmarks, ballots, etc.
These are items that are not kept and disappear over the years, in which they become Ephemera and collectible. Examples are as follows: programs, tickets, menus, playbills, matchbooks, and the like. [Back to the Top
any printed material produced by the Ferrymead Printing Society intended for a short or finite life e.g. tram tickets, membership cards, postcards, bookmarks.
Any printed or hand-written paper item, such as calendars, postcards, trade cards, die cuts, menus and valentines.
Printed material of passing interest in every day life (e.g.: advertising, ticket stubs, photos, postcards, programs, some booklets and pamphlets, etc.).
printed material of an ephemeral nature - tickets, invitations, promotional material, etc.
Anything of short-lived usefulness. The term mainly refers to printed matter of passing interest (like ticket stubs, cancelled stamps, vintage postcards), which can be incorporated in layouts, collages, papercrafts, and altered items.
Those bits of throwaway paper of every day life (e.g.: advertising, ticket stubs, programs, some booklets and pamphlets, etc.)
Typically refers to something that looses value after a day, such as a ticket stub. Can also refer to collage elements.
Material such as pamphlets, newspaper cuttings, advertising brochures, how-to-vote cards, menus. The State Library has several ephemera collections, including the Riley & Ephemera Collection, Australian Art and Artists files and the Theatre Programmes Collection.
Printed supporting matter, often small in scale or scope, such as invitations, greeting cards, bookmarks, etc.
Printed material that was only meant to be used for a short time, but preserved by collectors. It could be anything from a bus ticket to a poster.
This term is from the Greek word meaning that which lasts but for a day. It refers to printed items that were produced with the intent of conveying some content of topical importance. When they became "old news" they were expected to be discarded or recycled. This highly collectible class of items includes newspapers, magazines, broadsides (early posters), handbills, circulars, and so on including even cigar wrappers and fruit crate labels. Everything passes through what I call a garbage phase, in which its initial purpose is fulfilled and it then becomes fair game for the trash can. Those few that somehow were overlooked or filed away today form the basis of a most enjoyable collecting specialty, and it's really amazing that any have survived at all.
From the Greek work ephemeron, meaning something that disappears quickly. Examples are: manifestos, broadsides, programs, menus, tickets, playbills, etc.
Any printed or hand written item normally discarded after its intended use such as calendars, postcards, tradecards, and valentines.
"Lasting only a day". Material that was not intended to last for a long period of time. Includes magazines, broadsides, newspapers, playbills, tickets, promotional matter, etc.
efers to printed matter of interest, like ticket-stubs, cancelled stamps, vintage postcards, etc. They are typically used on layouts, pages, paper crafts, and altered items.
Ephemera refers to written and printed matter published with a short intended lifetime. In the world of collectors common types of ephemera include letters, advertising trade cards, cigarette cards, airsickness bags, posters, postcards, bookmarks, baseball cards, tickets, greeting cards, stock certificates, photographs and zines. Decks of the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards are recent example of ephemera because they will probably lose their original purpose and interest in a relatively short time.
