Vintage Ephemera

Original Vintage 1940s Budweiser magazine print ad from 1942. Breweriana Print showing children playing with a sailboat. Large ship in background. Reads, Pinch Hitting for Norway.

Page measures 10 1/8 inches x 13.75 inches. Condition is very good.

Great for framing or use in your next craft project. This is the original ad.

Vintage 1900s Victorian Valentine Greeting Card. This card is a stand up card and is embossed. Features a little boy dressed in green, wearing a red hat. Card has a green ivy border. Reads, "True Love"

Card measures 4 inches x 5 inches. Condition is very good with pencil writing on back, some edge and corner wear and light soiling to back.

This is the original card. Would be great for altered art projects, scrapbooking and collages. Please check my shop for more vintage and antique greeting cards. Thanks for looking!

Vintage 1940s Valentine Greeting Card. Features a sweet little girl with a cheese grater, grating a heart into a bowl. Blue coffee cup and sugar box sitting on table.

Card opens to reveal a verse. Inside reads, "No Grater Joy on Earth I'D Find Than to be Your Cook Sweet Valentine"

Card measures 3 inches x 3 inches when closed. Condition is very good with ink writing on back, some soiling to inside and back.

This is the original card. Would be great for altered art projects, scrap booking and collages. Please check my store for more vintage and antique greeting cards. Thank you!

Vintage and original 1930s Die Cut Valentine Greeting card. Shows a little girl in a ruffled Green dress and straw hat. A little boy is handing her a bouquet of flowers.

Card measures 3" x 3.5".

Front reads: My Valentine Greeting

Condition is good with pencil writing on back and horizontal crease through boys neck. Also some light soiling to back.

At time of listing there are two of these cards available.  Second card is marked on the back of the boy's head "Carrington."  Signature on the back is different on each card.

Antique 1903 calendar. Calendar is a heavy cardboard back with embossing around the photo. Photo at top of calendar shows buggies crossing a bridge. Hand written on photo is, "At Storm Lake, Iowa."

Hand written on back, "With love and best wishes for a Merry Christmas, from Katherine."

Calendar measures 6.75 inches x 10.5 inches. Photo measures about 4.5 inches x 3.5 inches. Condition is very good with some edge and corner wear. All calendar pages are intact.

Vintage 1954 Pasadena, California Tournament of Roses Football Program. Between Michigan State vs. U.C.L.A California at Los Angeles. Measures 8.5 x 11 inches.

Contains many black and white and color photos of the various floats and football players.  Also great color ads for Budweiser, Avis Rent a Car, Desert Inn Las Vegas, Equitable Plan Company, Dial Shampoo, Sun Valley Idaho, Texaco, Minute Maid Orange Juice, Meadow Gold Ice Cream, and Chrysler Imperial. 

Condition is very good with a tiny tear near the upper right front cover edge and some general wear to covers.

Vintage original 1943 Pacific Woolens Fabric print ad from a magazine. Patriotic WW2 advertisement. Reads, "Style in March-time. Now that it's March..and spring..refresh your wardrobe with these smart new styles in Pacific Fabrics!" Shows two women dressed in patriotic colors. Military themed sheet music in the background.

Measures 10.25" x 13.5". Condition is very good with some waviness to the paper.

Would look great framed and hung as art. Vintage ads also make great Christmas or birthday gifts.

Vintage and original Mobil Oil print ad from a 1937 magazine. "Facts about MobilOil Millions of Farmers learned last summer. 1. Saves Repairs 2. Cuts upkeep.  Weather can't hurt this profit."

Great farming and petroliana adverting from the 1930s.

Measures 8" x 11.5". Condition is very good.

Frame and hang as artwork or use in craft or art projects.  Ad also make a fantastic birthday or Christmas present.

Vintage 1950s Forget-Me-Not Birthday greeting card. Front of card features a large gray kitten. His right eye is an attached black button. Cat is holding a yellow sign.

Sign reads: If EYE tried to write all my wishes down I'd never get done, I guess. But it must be as plain as the nose on my FACE_

Card folds open to a kitten with a black button nose.

Inside reads: That I'm wishing Your Happiness!

Card is used with pencil signature inside and a name written on the back in ink.

Condition is good with a little paper loss along left front edge and some yellowing/soiling to the back.

Super cute card for craft projects!

Vintage 1950s Valentine Greeting Card. Features a little girl in Yellow floral dress wearing a hair bow. Brown puppy dog near her feet. Reads, "My Valentine will you Step Out With Me?" Card is lightly embossed.

Card measures 3.25 inches x 3.75 inches. Condition is excellent with pencil writing on back.
Published by A-Meri-Card. Made in U.S.A.

This is the original card. Would be great for altered art projects, scrapbooking and collages.

Vintage 1940s Valentine Greeting Card. Features a little boy in a dog house, with puppy looking over the top of it.

Reads, "Don't Keep Me in the Dog-House My Valentine"

Card measures 3.5 inches x 3.5 inches. Condition is very good with pencil writing, and some soiling on back. Published by A-Meri-Card. Made in U.S.A.

This is the original card.

Vintage Juvenile Wrapping Paper Gift Wrap dating to circa 1960s.

One uncut sheet measuring about 26 inches x 20 inches.

White background with cute little monsters holding balloons, watering can, cakes, etc.

Good condition with some age toning and soiling.

Great for scrapbooking or wrapping that special present!

Vintage Juvenile Wrapping Paper/Gift Wrap dating to circa 1970s.

One uncut sheet measuring about 26 inches x 20 inches.

Pink background with cute little babies in gift boxes.

Great for scrapbooking or wrapping that special present!

Vintage Happy Birthday Wrapping Paper Gift Wrap dating to circa 1960s.

One uncut sheet measuring approximately 26 inches x 20 inches.

Green background with White and Pink Blossoms.

Great for scrapbooking or wrapping that special present!

Vintage and original 1950s High School Graduation Greeting Card. Features two teenagers dancing, and a couple of school books at their feet.

Reads: Graduating?

Card opens to various scenes of kids and books.

Inside reads: A B C's were hard enough, And arithmetic was tough, But algebra, Geometry, Latin, French, Oh mercy me! No wonder you are celebrating! Best wishes for Graduating! Good for you!

Card measures 5 inches x 5 inches when closed.

Condition is very good with ink writing inside, and a little waviness to the paper on the inside and on the back.

Vintage 1940s Get Well Soon Greeting Card. Features a Gray rabbit carrying a basket of red apples. Reads, "Sorry You're Sick! they say an Apple every day Will help to keep the Doc away, And so I thought the thing to do, Was send a Week's Supply to you...."

Card opens to the rabbit juggling an apple for each day of the week. Each apple flips open to a verse (see photo 3). Published by Forget-Me-Not Cards.

Card measures 4.75 inches x 5.75 inches when closed. Condition is good with ink signature inside and some light soiling.

This is the original card. Would be great for altered art projects, scrapbooking and collages. Please check my shop for more vintage and antique greeting cards. Thanks for looking!

Vintage Wrapping Paper Gift Wrap dating to circa 1950s.

One uncut sheet measuring approximately 26 inches x 20 inches.

Red background with crowns and the word "Noel".

Great for scrapbooking or wrapping that special present!

Vintage circa 1960s Christmas Wrapping paper. Green and Blue Squares with gold highlights.

One unused and uncut sheet measuring 20" x 26". Condition is very good.

Please check my shop for more vintage wrapping paper, children's books and ephemera.

Adorable vintage 1960s Baby Shower Wrapping Paper Gift Wrap sheet.White background with babies in stroller, bassinet and cradle.

Colors are: pastel pink and blue.

Copyright date of 1968.

One uncut unused sheet measuring 29 x 20 inches.

Great for decoupage, altered art projects and scrapbooking.

Vintage circa 1950s Baby Shower Wrapping paper. Light blue background with pink donkeys, ducks, sheep, bears, etc.

One sheet measuring 20" x 25".

Condition is very good with small spot of paper loss where sticker was removed.

Great for altered art projects and scrapbooking.

Please check my shop for more vintage wrapping paper, books, and ephemera. Thanks for looking!

Original antique 1880s Victorian Lithograph print showing a young girl gathering flowers. Girl is dressed in a red and white dress, with a red bow in her hair.

Print measures 5.5 inches wide x 7.5 inches tall.

Condition is very good with some glue residue on the back.

Gorgeous vibrant colors!

Large antique Reward of Merit card showing a farm scene, stream and flowers. Published by the Gibson Art Co.

Card measures 5 inches tall by 6.75 inches wide. Condition is good with small crease upper left corner and small area of glue residue on the back. Some light soiling and wear.

Written on back: 10 Headmarks From Lillie Dvoracek to Victor Fictum

Please check my shop for more vintage and antique ephemera and school memorabilia.

Antique photo showing a young couple in a horse drawn buggy. Photo is taken in front of their home.

Written on back is:
Taken at the Limekiln north west of Fairbury at Smith home.

Identified as Emma Petersen and Glen Smith.

Pnoto measures 5.5 inches tall by 6.5 inches wide. Mounted on rigid cardboard backing. This is the original photo circa 1890s. Condition is very good.

Check my store for more vintage and antique photos. Thanks for looking!

Vintage Original Antique 1880s Paper Framed Victorian Lithograph print showing a ship at the center, with a horseshoe and rose border. Found loose in an old Victorian Scrapbook.

Print is glued to the white paper frame. Measures about 7 inches x 9.5 inches including frame. Image area measures about 5.5 inches wide x 7.5 inches tall.

Pencil inscription on back reads: Anna Vongdol by Phebe Davis, 1888.

Condition is very good with lovely vivid colors!