Vintage Ephemera

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.

Vintage original Tavern Post. Volume 3 Number 1. Published by Tavern Tattlers, Santa Ana Junior College.  December 1930.

Softcover poetry book measuring 6 3/8 inches wide x 9 1/2 inches long with 63 pages.

Condition is very good with mild wear to cover.  Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears. 

Vintage original Second Annual Lincoln Horse Show. May 16 & 17, 1930. Lincoln, Nebraska.

Softcover booklet printed by McKelvie Publishing Company of Lincoln, Nebraska.

Program measures 6 7/8 inches wide x 9 7/8 inches long with 40 pages. 

Contents include:

• Local Advertising
• Board of Governors List
• Patronesses
• Judges
• Rules of the show
• Programs for the various events

Advertisers include: DuTeau Chevrolet, Eppley Hotels, Hovland-Swanson Co., O'Shea Motor Company, Frey & Frey Floral, Graves Printing Co., Capitol Engraving Co., De Brown Auto Sales Co., Rogers Motor Co., Woodman Accident Company, Woods Brothers Company, The Brandeis Store, Faulkner Brothers Farm, Eastman Kodak Stores, C.C. Barlow Harness, Lawlor Sporting Goods, Walt's Music House, J. Shneider Tailors, Macdonald Photographs, Mart Do Ran Horse Shoer, First National Bank, Smith Brothers Polo Club, DeWitt Grain Company, and Varsity Cleaners.

Condition is very good with slight wear to cover, mostly near the spine and some light soiling.  Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears. 

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 circa 1950 Boys Town Nebraska full sheet of 25 Cinderella stamps.

Full sheet measures 10 1/4 inches wide x 8 1/8 inches long.  Individual stamps each measure just over 2 inches wide x 1 5/8 inches tall. 

Condition is very good and stamps are unused.  They have been stored partially folded, along the perforations, in a Boys Town souvenir postcard folder for many years. 

Wonderful views showing various activities available at Boys Town!

Vintage black and white photo in a large studio folder cardboard frame.  Dates to circa 1930s.

Features a mother and daughter.  Daughter is wearing eyeglasses.  Mother is wearing a necklace and earrings.

Marked "Johnston, Fairbury, Neb". 

This is a large folder frame measuring 9 5/8 inches wide x 13 1/4 inches tall when closed.  The actual photo measures 7 inches wide x 9 1/2 inches tall.

Condition of the photo is very good.  Folder shows some wear including a small moisture spot on the front, and some edge and corner wear.   Interior frame portion that holds the photo may need to be re-glued as it is loose at the top.

Nice large photo that would look wonderful on display!

Holiday Notes.  Vintage Christmas stationery featuring a candle lit lamp post entwined in Holly, with a couple of red Cardinals perched on the branches. 

Boxed set that includes 20 letter sheets and 20 round gold seals.  No envelopes needed as the stamp and seal are to be placed directly on these sheets, once folded. 

Sheets each measure 5 3/4 inches wide x 9 3/4 inches long.  Once folded they will measure 5 3/4 inches wide x 3 3/4 inches tall. 

Condition is very good unused for the sheets.  Original box shows some wear but would still make an attractive display.

Wonderful Christmas themed stationery for letter writing or scrapbooking!

Vintage original 1950s USED New Baby Congratulations greeting card lot.

Graphics include:

1. Baby in basket
2. Baby swaddled in brown glittered blanket
3. Baby sitting on an open book
4. Baby in diaper held up by a pink safety pin
5. White rattle with ribbon
6. Baby bib featuring a rabbit

Smallest card measures about 4 1/8 x 4 1/2.  Largest card measures 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches.

Cards are used and all have a signature or writing inside.

Publishers include: Rust Craft, Hallmark, and Quality Cards.

No envelopes.

Great for scrapbooking, journaling and altered art projects.

Lot of 10 vintage original Whitman Authors cards from circa 1950s.

These are a cardstock thickness and measure 1 1/2 inches wide x 2 3/8 inches tall.

Published by Whitman Publishing Company.

Authors include: Sir Walter Scott, James Fenimore Cooper, Robert Louis Stevenson, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry W. Longfellow, Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, and Charles Dickens.

You will receive the 10 the authors pictured,  though not necessarily the exact cards pictured.  Authors will be the same, but the design in the upper left corner and the order in which the book titles are listed, may be different.

Great for scrap booking, collage, altered art, and journaling.

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Vintage original 1940s and 1950s USED Congratulations on New Baby greeting card lot.

Graphics include:

1. Baby on play mat
2. Embossed card of baby in a blanket with pink bow
3. Baby in frilly cradle
4. Baby in diaper held up by a silver toned embossed safety pin
5. baby in cradle
6. Baby with head lying on frilly pillow

Smallest card measures about 4 1/8 x 4 1/2.  Largest card measures 4 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches.

Cards all have a signature or writing inside, except for the safety pin card. It is unused.  Condition for all is good.

Publishers include: Grinnell, Harry Doehia Co., Gibson, Rust Craft, and Quality Cards.

No envelopes.

Great for scrapbooking, journaling and other paper projects.

Lot of 25 vintage hand written medical prescriptions from the early 1940s. They are aged and have some tattered edges. Each prescription measures 4 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall.

Most are from the office of H.R. Brown, M.D., Beatrice National Bank Bldg., Beatrice, Nebraska.

You will receive 25 random prescriptions in this purchase though not necessarily the ones pictured.

Great for scrap booking, collage, and paper art projects.

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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!

Vintage original 1940s USED Congratulations New Baby Greeting Card. Features scenes of the new parents in the baby nursery, with the mother running about.

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Front reads: Congratulations. Bet you both are plenty proud - Busy, too -- and how!

Card opens to a verse.

Inside reads: And bet there's sure no doubt who wears the pants at your house now!

Marked on the back: A Hallmark Card. 10 G 102-1. Copyright 1943. Hall Brothers Inc.

Card measures 3 7/8 inches wide x 4 3/4 inches tall. Condition is very good with ink signature ink inscription on the back. 

Darling graphics!

No envelope.

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Vintage original 1940s USED New Baby Greeting Card. Card is die cut in the shape of a bassinet.  Pink spray of Roses at the side, and pink bow at the end of the bassinet.  There is a small pink plastic rattle and small blue plastic teething ring attached to the side with a real blue ribbon bow.  Card front is embossed.

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Front has a peek a boo window, that shows the baby from the inside.

Front reads: Congratulations Mother and Dad.

Card opens to a verse.

Inside reads: A precious little bundle tucked in a tiny bed, A world of happy plans around a baby's nestling head; Sincere congratulations and best of wishes, too, May the world by very good to baby and to you!

Marked on the back: 811. Made in U.S.A.

Card measures 5 3/4 inches wide x 4 1/2 inches tall. Condition is very good with ink signatures, and inscription inside.  And brown age toned area on the back of the card.

No envelope.

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Vintage original 1940s USED "So It's a Boy" New Baby Greeting Card. Features a little boy dressed in blue overalls, getting into all sorts of mischief around the house.

Front reads: So It's a Boy. He'll tear up the House. And he'll scar up the Floors.

Card opens to more scenes of the little boy.

Inside reads: He'll scratch all the Tables. And slam all the Doors. He'll get into anything you leave around -- But he'll make you the happiest people in town. Congratulations!

Published by Hallmark Cards. Copyright 1945. Hall Brothers Inc. Card number 10 G579-3.

Card measures 4 1/2 inches wide x 4 1/2 inches tall. Condition is very good with ink signatures inside.

No envelope.

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Vintage circa 1950s Dog Themed Playing Cards. Adorable gray and white Terrier wearing a yellow bow.

Cards measure the standard 2.25 x 3.5 inches. Cards are in very good condition with some wear along the edges.

You will receive three random cards, suit and number may differ from the ones shown.

Adorable Graphics!

Use in:
Scrapbooks
Journals
Smash Books
Altered Art Projects
Gift Tags
Embellishments

Boxed set of August 1975 Ford N.F.P.E.D.A. Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii playing cards. Two complete decks.  One is blue with the Ford logo in black, and one is  yellow with the Ford logo in white.

Set comes in a cardboard box with blue velvet like top and shiny gold colored bottom.

Box measures 5 inches wide x 3 7/8 inches tall.

Both sets of cards are unopened and in original cellophane wrap. Blue box lid shows wear/velvet loss at the corners.  And inside of lid has some soiling.

You will receive the box and both decks of cards.

Vintage and original 1950s used Easter Greetings Card.  Features a bouquet of Purple Violets and Pussy Willow branches.

Front reads: Easter!

Opens to a verse inside.

Reads: An Easter wish that's most sincere: May the days be glad ones through the year! Happy Easter!

Card measures 3 3/8 inches wide x 4 1/8 inches tall.

No publisher mark.

Condition is fair.  It does have a handwritten date of 1950 on the front, and the back has scrapbook paper and glue residue. Used with ink inscription on the inside.  And it appears to have been trimmed along the right edge.

No envelope.

Vintage and original 1950s used Easter Greetings Card.  Features two adorable yellow ducks.  One is holding a large pink flower, the other is holding a large blue flower.

Front reads: At EASTER A Message of Cheer

Opens to a scene of the ducks walking in grass.

Inside reads: Here we come! Bringing You Happy, Snappy, Easter Greetings!

Card measures 4.5 inches wide x 6.25 inches tall.

Published by J.P. T-303. Made in U.S.A.

Condition is fair.  It does have age toning on the front, and the back has scrapbook paper and glue residue. Used with ink signature on the inside.

No envelope.

Vintage and original 1950s used Easter Greetings Card.  Features two adorable bunnies, a basket of colored eggs, and a pink and yellow Tulip.

Front reads: Just For You

Opens to a scene of bunnies playing leap frog.

Inside reads: The gay Easter Bunny has hopped a long way, To bring you this wish for a Bright, Happy Day!

Card measures 4.25 inches wide x 5.25 inches tall.

Published by Gartner and Bender, Inc. In Mirrotone.

Condition is good with age toning, ink signature inside, scrapbook residue and some paper loss on the back.

No envelope.