Vintage Ephemera

Beautiful original large antique cards given as a Reward of Merit.  This listing is for a set of two.  Both feature a large red Rose and Lily of the Valley bouquet. Top card has a red border, bottom card has a blue border.

Both cards measure 7.5 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall.  Both were presented to Anna Vongdol.  One is dated 1886, the other 1887.  Top card has a small number 400 in the lower left corner, bottom card is numbered 403.

Condition is very good with top card having a crease upper left corner and a soiled area near the upper right corner.  Bottom card has a very tiny crease at the upper left corner. 

Beautiful old cards!

Vintage original A & E Venetian Blind Co. Advertising Ink Blotter for Sun Light Venetian Blinds.

This 1950s office ephemera includes a cartoon drawing by Hoff, in the upper three quarters. Shows three men dressed as Native Americans. Cartoon reads: Strictly Bizness. "The Directors are sure After Your Scalp Today."

Lower portion reads:

Blotter measures 3 3/8  x 6 1/8 inches and is unused.

Condition is very good with some edge and corner wear.

Vintage original Cross Sterilized Tacks, Sharp as a Needle Advertising Ink Blotter. This 1950s office ephemera includes a calendar for the months of May, June, and July 1951.

Distributed by:

• Wm. Volker & Co.
• Main & Third Sts.
• Kansas City 10, MO.

Blotter measures 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches and is unused.

Condition is very good with with some edge and corner wear.

Vintage circa 1980s or 1990s Hallmark Mother's Day card.  Front is made up of two layers.  Bottom layer features pink butterflies at the center and a blue border at card edges.  Top layer is die cut and is edged with gold foiled fretwork, pink roses, and a small pink bow at the top.

Front reads: For my Wife

Card opens to a verse inside.

This is a large card measuring 6.25 inches wide x 8.75 inches tall.

Marked on back Hallmark 100MD 591-6. Copyright Hallmark Cards, Inc. Made in U.S.A.

Card is unused and in excellent condition with shadow on the back in the shape of the ribbon from the front.

Comes with original pink envelope. Stamp area on envelope reads: Extra Postage Required.

Gorgeous Hallmark card!

Vintage original 1940s Oregon travel brochure Motor Tour city and highway map guide for sightseeing.  Sightseeing Tours by Rose City Tours, Inc.

This brochure measures 4 wide x 9 1/4 inches tall when folded.  When open, the brochure measures about 16 1/4 inches wide.

Condition is very good with some edge and corner wear.

Vintage original 1940s Salt Lake City Utah travel brochure Motor Tour map guide for sightseeing.  This brochure measures 4 wide x 9 1/4 inches tall when folded.  When open, the brochure measures about 16 inches wide.

Condition is very good with some edge and corner wear.

Vintage original Goodyear Super Torque tire advertising paper record.  To play record tear off along dotted line and play at 33 1/3 RPM.

Back lists distributor as E. C. Trindel, Phone 50, Fairbury Nebraska.

Condition is very good with wear and a bend at the upper and lower right corners.  This does not affect the playable part of the record.

Great gift for the  Goodyear advertising or Fairbury collector.

Vintage original Hotel Wellington advertising envelopes.  Address listed is 18th and Farnam, Omaha Nebraska.

This listing is for a lot of 2 unused envelopes.  Each measures 6 1/2 x 3 5/8 inches.

Condition for both is very good with some age toning, some wrinkling, and a soiled spot near the front left edge of one.

Vintage original 1924 University of Nebraska Graduation Commencement Program. Leather booklet with leather lace binding.  Onion paper at the front and back of the book with a spider web pattern. Commencement date was June 7, 1924.

Contains a list of class officers, committees and list of graduates by degree.

Program measures about 4.5 x 6 inches and has 22 single sided pages.

Condition is very good for the booklet.  Comes with original envelope, which is in poor condition.

Vintage football program for Nebraska Huskers vs. Missouri Tigers at Nebraska. Game date October 18, 1986. Program measures 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 and has 100 pages. Coca-Cola Advertising at center of book with Nebraska and Missouri squad lists.

Condition is good with some wear to covers and crease upper right of front cover.  Centerfold is loose from book and has a crease vertically through the center.

Great Christmas or Birthday gift for the Husker or Tiger fan!

Vintage 1940s Sangamon Birthday Greeting Card. Features a woman holding a birthday cake with lit candles. Reads: In Case You Want to KEEP IT MUM, Instead of Bein' FRANK---Just Douse Those BIRTHDAY CANDLES and ----.

Inside reads: Pretend This Page is BLANK! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Card measures 4 1/2 inches x 5 3/8 inches when closed. Condition is very good with pencil signatures inside and scrapbook residue on back. Published by Sangamon.

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

Vintage 1929 Sheet Music.

Title: I'll Always Be In Love With You.  Theme Song of Syncopation R.K.O. All Talking Motion Picture Extravaganza. Sung on the Screen by Morton Downey. Starring Waring's Pennsylvanians, Morton Downey, Barbara Bennett, Bobby Watson and Dorothy Lee.

Words and music by:Herman Ruby and Green and Stept

Size: 9  X 12 1/4 inches

Condition: Fair condition with wear to covers, some soiling and some small tears to the edges.  Spine is also split 2/3 of the way up from the bottom.

Great for altered art projects, card making and scrap booking or framing.

Vintage 1932 Sheet Music.

Title: Shuffle Off To Buffalo.  From the movie Forty Second Street, starring Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell, Una Merkel and Guy Kibbe.

Words by: Al Dubin

Music by: Harry Warren.

Size: 9  X 12 inches

Condition: Fair condition with wear to covers, some soiling, a few small tears along the edges, and namewritten on cover in ink.  Spine also has a small split at the bottom.

Great for altered art projects, card making and scrap booking or framing.

Vintage 1934 Sheet Music.

Title: Sleepy Head.  From the movie "Operator 13," starring Marion Davies and Gary Cooper.

Words by: Gus Kahn

Music by: Walter Donaldson

Size: 9  X 12 1/4 inches

Condition: Good condition with wear to covers and a few small tears to the edge of the center sheet.

Great for altered art projects, card making and scrap booking or framing.

Vintage 1918 Sheet Music.

Title: Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land.  Successfully Introduced by Mignon.

Words by: Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young

Music by: Jean Schwartz

Cover Art: Barbelle

Size: 10 1/2  X 13 3/4 inches

Condition: Fair condition with wear to covers, a few small tears around the edges, and wear to corners.

Great for altered art projects, card making and scrap booking or framing.

Vintage and original 1940s super cute children's birthday card.  Features a little girl with a puppy.  Girl is dressed in a blue sailor suit.

Front reads, "Happy Birthday. Underneath this old fashioned."

Card opens to the little girl dressed in pink bathing suit. Reads, -greeting- is an Up-to-the-minute with for Many Happy Returns!

Card measures 4 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches.  Condition is very good and card is unused. No envelope.

Vintage 1900s Sheet Music.

Title: Under Southern Skies, A Song of the South.  Founded on Lottie Blair Parker's Latest and Greatest Success "Under Southern Skies"

Words by: Al. Trahern

Music by: Lee Orean Smith

Size: 10 1/2  X 14 inches

Condition: Good condition with wear to covers, and creased upper and lower right corners.

Great for altered art projects, card making and scrap booking or framing.

Vintage 1920s Sheet Music.

Title: Tin Pan Parade

Words and music by: Haven Gillespie

Size: 9 1/8  X 12 1/4 inches

Condition: Good condition with wear to covers, small tears around the edges, small split along bottom and top of spine and penciled number written at top right corner of cover.

Great for altered art projects, card making and scrap booking or framing.

Vintage 1920s Sheet Music.

Title: Avalon

Cover art by: Frederick Manning

Music and lyrics by: Al Jolsen and Vincent Rose

Size: 9 x 12 inches

Condition: Fair condition with wear to covers, tape at top, bottom and center of spine. Small tears around the edges, and some creased corners.

Great for altered art projects, card making and scrap booking or framing.

Vintage 1930s Sheet Music.

Title: Please.  From the Big Broadcast  with Stuart Erwin, Bing Crosby, Leila Hyams, Burns & Allen, Kate Smith, Mills Brothers, Boswell Sisters, Arthur Tracy, Vincent Lopez and his orchestra, Cab Calloway and his orchestra, from the play "Wild Waves" by William Ford Hanley.

Music by: Ralph Rainger

Words by: Leo Robin

Copyright: 1932, 6 pages front to back.

Size: 9 X 11.75 inches

Condition: Fair to good condition with wear to covers, small tears around the edges, splitting along bottom of spine and former owners name written at top right corner of cover in ink.

Great for altered art projects, card making and scrap booking or framing.

Vintage original 1950 Plymouth Station Wagon paper print ad from a 1949 magazine. Wood panel sides and seats eight passengers.  Bottom of the page shows a yellow Plymouth Convertible Club Coupe.

Reverse is an ad for Samson Folding furniture.  Reads, "Country breakfast, City Style".

Sheet measures 9.5" x 12.75". Condition is very good with staple holes along right edge.

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

Vintage Original 1950 Red Hudson Step Down print ad from 1949 magazine. This 1950s automobile advertisement reads, "Most Room! Best Ride! Safest! The New Step-Down Ride.  Available only in Hudson because Hudson is built differently".

Sheet measures 10.5" x almost 13.75". Condition is very good with one 1/2 inch tear near center at the top.

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