Ephemera
Agricultural machinery catalog from Harrison Machine Works of Belleville, Illinois.
Poster for a theatre group in Claremont, California.
Flyer for a draft resistance event held during the Vietnam War.
Tickets from the Silver Beach Amusement Park, St. Joseph, Michigan, in the early 1900s.
Ephemera are printed materials intended to have a short lifespan. They're valuable sources for studying social history and popular culture.
Examples:
- ticket stubs
- greeting cards
- concert programs
- event flyers
- bus schedules
- tourist maps
- sales catalogs
- postcards
- product packaging
