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non-english emphemera

Ephemera

There’s something to be learned by studying non-English ephemera

by Chuck Green at ideabook.com

I’m often drawn to ephemera such as these documents featured on GraphicsFairy.com. I especially like those in languages other than English because, when I don’t understand the wording, I don’t get hung up with subject and focus entirely on the graphic forms.

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These images are featured on GraphicsFairy.com…

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  1. Scott >

    January 19, 2011 at 2:05 am

    Chuck,
    Scott Lewis, a fellow Richmonder here. Like you, I also love ephemera. If you have not heard of it, there is a place called Whitings Old Paper at the Mechanicsville flea market that has hundreds of thousands of pieces of ephemera in the form of old WW1 & WW2 ration books, posters, magazines, old photos, etc. I make at least one trip per year up there to spend hours digging through the boxes. My walls are decorated with many of my purchases. Cheers, Scott

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  2. chuck >

    January 19, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    Great to hear an endorsement Scott. I did not know about it until I saw the article in Style — my first thought was, “I’m going!”…

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