Other Printed Ephemera

Unusual bits of printed paper—from labels to paper napkins—are known as ephemera. There isn’t space enough to list all the old paper items that are interesting to collectors but it is worth noting that there are large, well-documented museum collections of valentines, advertising cards, baseball cards, broadsides, railroad passes, circus posters, and other paper memorabilia. […]

Matchbox Labels And Matchbooks

Matchbox labels came into use about 1826 with the invention of the friction match. The first label on a matchbox was strictly utilitarian. The design was black and white and had directions on how to the use the new invention. By 1830 N. Jones & Company of England produced a crude, pale green matchbox label […]

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