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Ephemera

Dick Sheaff shares his wide, deep collection (and knowledge) of ephemera

by Chuck Green at ideabook.com

Dick Sheaff is a well-published designer and art director who is also a collector and curator of ephemera. (Ephemera is print material designed to be disposed of after it serves its purpose—typically, advertisements, pamphlets, posters, programs, labels, and so on.)

His Sheaff Ephemera is among my top 10 favorite websites—a wonderful, inspirational collection that you must see.

A few examples:

Example 1, Gaslight Album…

Example 2, Steel Engraving…

Example 3, Letterheads…

The Sheaff Ephemera website: “A place for show-and-tell, wondering aloud, and wandering the trails of curiosity”

Sheaff’s presentation to the Ephemera Society of America in 2013: The High Quality of Much Victorian Design…

Dick Sheaff is also the designer and/or art director of over 500 postage stamps. You can search Arago (a resource of the Smithsonian’s National Postage Museum) to find many of his creations…

From The Ephemera Society of America, a definition of and introduction to “ephemera”…

Dick Sheaff is a regular contributor to The Ephemera Society of America’s blog…

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