To our fellow ephemera foragers,
The Vintage Paper Fair will be in town the following dates…
“A lot of what you’re seeing on the screen was custom made by people like me. All the patents, the book of secrets, course playbook, newspapers, large books, passports, maps…”
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A rotary card cutting and scoring machine that could be operated by steam or treadle and produce up to 100,000 visiting and business cards a day.
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I've found immense joy and satisfaction in perusing the vintage paper fair over the years. I can easily spend an hour rifling through a single box of postcards or a few hours sifting through postage! The fair provides such a wondrous and patient way to connect with another era, all through vintage postcards (mostly), letterhead, postage stamps, travel ephemera, books and catalogs, and posters.
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These cigarette cards were shared with me by Susan Farnsworth, a fellow letter-writing and stationery enthusiast. During a stop at a flea market in Retford, England last summer, Susan found the vintage cards, collected into protective pocket pages, like those you’d see used with baseball trading cards.
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