Vintage Ephemera

Vintage original 1950 Exclusive Stratosphere Tiz-Trim'd Wallpaper Sales Book.

Copyright CP & V Co. 1950.

Paper patterns include: Tropical, Baroque Stripe, Shadow Plaid, April, Modern Stripe, July, May, Blossomtime, March, February, Wild Ivy, Old Virginia, Garden Wall, December, November, Cardinal, August, New England, Morning Glory, Flower Trellis, September, Swans, Hydrangea, Colonial Stripe, June, October, Baroque, and January.

Not all pages are shown in the photos.

Softcover book measuring 8 3/8" wide x 7 1/4" long with 32 pages.  Stapled spine.

These are not actual wallpaper samples, rather pages are printed on both sides.

Condition is good with wear, paper loss, and soiling around the cover edges and some wear and light soiling to the interior pages.

Some beautiful patterns in this book.

Original antique Victorian card. 

Measures 4 3/8 inches wide x 5 1/2 inches long.

Handwritten inscription on the back reads:

Henry Wiese from Cora Sherman.

Pretty colors!

Condition is good with some light horizontal waviness.

Original Antique Merry Christmas Card.

Beautiful die cut and embossed card featuring a large pink rose, rose buds, and a metallic gold stripe down the left edge.

Scrap measures about 3 inches wide x 4 3/4 inches long.

Condition is very good with some light wear around the edges.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Original Antique Die Cut and Embossed Victorian Scrap.  Features a large leaf with pink flowers around the edges. 

Scrap measures about 5 1/4 inches wide x 4 3/8 inches long.

Condition is good with some wear around the edges, including a few tips broken off.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Original Antique Die Cut and Embossed Victorian Scrap.  Features a young boy and girl, riding in an antique baby buggy or stroller. 

Fairly large scrap measuring about 4 1/2 inches wide x 5 1/4 inches long.

Condition is very good with some light wear around the edges.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Original Antique Die Cut Embossed Victorian reward of merit card.  Features a house scene and a gentle stream, surrounded by a pink and gold floral border. 

Large card measuring about 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches.

Marked in the lower left front corner: The Gibson Art Co. Cincinnati

Handwritten date on the back of 1897.

Condition is good with some wear around the edges, a couple of creases at the bottom left corner, and discoloration on the back.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Original Antique Die Cut Embossed Victorian Scrap Card featuring a snowy house scene, pink carnation flowers and a couple of birds. 

Large card measuring about 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches.

Marked in the lower left front corner: Gibson & Co. Cincinnati

Condition is good with some wear around the edges, a couple of creases along  at the very top, and discoloration on the back.

Lower portion is a shiny silver color, which has some soiling. There is also a bit of waviness along the bottom.  (please zoom in on all photos for condition)

Beautiful vivid colors!

Original Antique Die Cut Embossed Victorian Scrap featuring a songbird,  yellow rose, snow covered branches, and a snowy church scene. 

Card measures about 3 3/4 x 5 inches.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Condition is very good with some discoloration on the back.

Original antique advertising trade card for Lion Coffee. 

Shows an adorable boy and girl, in bed, dreaming of Christmas day.

Large Christmas Greeting trade card measuring 5 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Condition is good with some wear to the edges, small crease upper left corner, and small spot of paper loss on the back.

Original antique advertising trade card for J & P Coats Spool Cotton.  This is one of the Military Uniform series cards.

This card shows the uniform of the Army of the United States, 1833 - 1850. 

Marked in the bottom front lower right corner: Copyright 1895, by Brig. Gen'l S. B. Holabird, QR Master Gen'l U.S.A.

Back is marked at the bottom center: G. H. Buek Co. Lith. N.Y.

Card measures 4 3/16 inches wide x 4 13/16 inches tall.

Beautiful vivid colors!

Condition is very good with light wear to the edges and corners. There is light crease to the upper right corner and a horizontal crease about a third of a way down on the left edge.

Price reflects condition.

Lot of 6 vintage Hastings Ice Company Tickets Good For 25 Cents in Ice.

Published by Weldon, Williams & Lick of Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Date to circa 1910.

Tickets each measure 2 x 1 inch.

Great for scrapbooking, mixed media projects and junk journals!

Vintage Cardboard Clock Face Moveable Hands For Teaching.

Thick rigid card stock clock face with movable plastic hands.

Measures 8 1/8 inches wide x 9 3/4 inches tall.

Made by Media Materials Inc. of Baltimore, Maryland.  Numbered at the lower right front 9375-X1.

Dates to circa 1970s or 1980s.

Condition is good with some black specks on the white portion of the clock face.  And some edge and corner wear.

A fun retro classroom supply!

Vintage 1959 calendar Top. Advertising for Hill's Garage. Jesse A. Hill proprietor.  General Repair - Cars - Tractors - Combines and Tow Service.  Phone 5-4461.  Location is not listed but it was most likely Fairbury, Nebraska.

Print is titled "Western Champs" and features a cowgirl with her horse.  Copyright A. Fox, 1959. Litho in U.S.A.

Calendar top measures 10 x 14 3/8 inches. Print measures 7 7/8 inches wide x 9 7/8 inches long. 

Condition is good with some foxing, soiling and paper loss in a spot near the bottom and one along the left edge.  Also appears to have been trimmed along the bottom edge.

This is an original men's fashion illustration from M. Born & Company, Fall & Winter 1924 - 25 catalog.  From "The Oldest and Largest Wholesale Tailors in the World.". 

Heavy card stock weight paper.

Page measures about 12 1/4 inches wide  x 15 3/4 inches tall.

Back of page has glue residue from where fabric samples were removed.

Page has foxing around the borders and on the image.  Edges of border were not cut evenly when removed from the catalog.

This fashion illustration would look wonderful framed!

Vintage Original Warner's Very Easy Method for Italian Accordion for Beginners. 1, 2 or 3 Rows. Copyright 1923 by the Chart Music Publishing House, Chicago.

Soft cover book measuring  about 7 inches wide x 10 1/4 inches long, with 18 pages.  Staple binding.

Good used condition with normal wear from handling and some of the pages have notes or numbers written in ink, on the lessons.

Vintage Original Sing Sociability Songs for Camps, Homes, Communities and Schools. By the Rodeheaver Hall Mack Company of Winona Lake, Indiana.  Printed in U.S.A.  Copyright 1928 by Homer A. Rodeheaver.

Soft cover book measuring  5 7/8 inches wide x 8 3/4 inches long, with 127 pages.  Staple binding.

A sampling of songs include:

• Oh! Susanna
• America, The Beautiful
• Flag of The Free
• Annie Laurie
• Hallow E'en
• Dear Old Pals
• The Old Rugged Cross
• I Need Jesus
• Soldiers' Chorus
• It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
• We Three Kings of Orient Are

The back cover is an index to the songs.

Condition is used with wear and soiling to the cover and a few of the interior pages. Front cover also has a small tear the bottom left of the Statue of Liberty.  There are also some foil stars adhered to some of the pages.

Vintage Original Report on 4-H Club Activities in the Republic of Korea.  July 1959.  Institute of Agriculture. Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry Suwon, Korea.

Soft cover book measuring  7 3/8 inches wide x 10 1/4 inches long.  Staple binding.

Contents include:

• Development of 4-H Club movement in Korea
• Organization
• Accomplishments
• Project activities
• 4-H Club meeting & other activities

Many black & white photos throughout.

Condition is good with wear and soiling to the cover and a crease to the lower right edge of the front cover.  Blue ink notation on page 2.

Money School. Vintage 1963 Educational Pop Up Coin Saver or Counter Folder.

Folder is made of a stiff heavy card stock that is 1/8 of an inch thick.  Opens to a pop up featuring a wise owl, as the teacher, chipmunk, squirrel and rabbit.  The rabbit is holding a nickel, the chipmunk a dime, and the squirrel is holding a quarter.

Top section has slots for fifty cent pieces, nickels, dimes, pennies, and quarters.  With each row showing as an addition, multiplication or division problem.

Lower section has columns of addition problems and subtraction problems.  With a grand total of $10.36 shown in the bottom right corner.

Back is marked:

• Copyright 1963
• M. A. Gerett
• Menomonee Falls, Wis.

Covers show some wear and small scuff and scratches.  Silver dollar slot also has a small tear along the right edge.  Nice bright colors.

Blue item in some of the pictures is just an item I used to hold the folder open for the photos.

A fun back to school teaching collectible!

Vintage original The New England Calendar for Engagements, 1946 Week by Week, by Samuel Chamberlain.

This calendar is in book form with plastic comb binding.  Comes in original box. 

Book measures 6 5/8 inches wide x 8 1/2 inches tall.

Left side of each 2 page spread has a weeks worth of days, on which to write notes.  Right side of the page shows a New England view.

Book is unused.

Condition is very good with previous owners name written inside front cover.  And there is a small tear at the bottom of the front page, near the spine.

Box also shows wear.

Nice piece of New England memorabilia!