_ Home Run //

* vintage collectable baseball coins//

_ We Want You! //

* vintage Air Force recruitment cards//

_ Sound off... Softly //

* Limited Edition vintage Columbia Records promotion for Gold Bond Ceiling Tile "Sound Off... Softly - carpet your ceiling with Silentex for full listening pleasure" original price tag shows it was purchased on sale at Vonnegut's a long gone hardware store in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana owned by Kurt Vonnegut's family//

_ Light My Fire //

* selections from the giant vintage matchbook collection of Annie Kubena //

_ Hatch Show Print, Nashville Tennessee //

* photos from a quick winter weekend trip to Nashville, Tennessee for some letterpress history//

1. Hatch Show Print Patch
2 – 3. Hatch Show Print Print Shop
4. Hatch Show Print Postcard
5. Vintage wood printing block for Grand Ole Opry Poster
6. Hatch Show Print Circus Poster Detail

_ Champions of Indiana //

* Destination Indiana presented by the Indiana Historical Society brings Indiana's history to life through thousands of images and hundreds of stories about Hoosier heritage including these magnificent old photographs and printed pieces //

1. Civil War era Colton's map of Indiana

2. 1910 Postcard Panorama of Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument and Sky-Scraper District Indianapolis, Indiana

3. 1899 Baist Property Atlas Monument Circle Northeast & Southeast quadrants Indianapolis, Indiana.

4. 1905 View of West Market Street Looking East, Indianapolis, Indiana

5. Ribbon for The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Union veterans of the Civil War 1893 National Encampment Indianapolis, Indiana.

6. Visitor Guide for The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Union veterans of the Civil War 1893 National Encampment Indianapolis, Indiana.

7. May 29, 1945 Letter from Kurt Vonnegut Jr. to His Parents

8. 1964 Handbill for the Easter Boycott in Gary

9. 1910 Main Street, Farmersburg ( my home town! )

10. Vigo County Map

11. 1914 “On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away" the Indiana State song written by Paul Dresser 1898

12. 1852 first annual Indiana State Fair diploma
13. 1887 The South Bend Greenstockings

_ Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown //

 * Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown _Charles M. Schulz  ©1976 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. - one of many Peanuts books from my childhood that inspired me to become an artist //

_ Prove Before Laying! //

* Unopened 18 Point Park Avenue metal type from American Type Founders Co., Inc. ( gift from Ben Greiner ) //

_Printing Medallion //

* found this 3" diameter medallion in an antique store presumably from a long since defunct printing company but not sure where it is from or what it was used for — love to hear about it if anyone out there knows //

_The Ancient Oracle //

* found this vintage 1971 I Ching box set just in time for some wisdom in the new year //

_ Ephemerotica Brick & Mortar Dream //

* the dream to someday having a boutique of thrifted one-of-a-kinds, procured goods and vintage inspired original Ephemerotica designed products complete with Mr. Toberson making deliveries in the company truck //

_ Ephemerotica Calling Cards //

* just got these nice satin calling cards printed by 4by6.com using photos of some of my Family Farm Ephemera — items from decades past from my Great Aunt and Uncle's farm where i grew up ((( view the entire photo set at *f_ephemera )))

_ 1960's Ford Falcon Futura //

* 1960's Ford Falcon Futura 289 station wagon I stumbled across while wandering San Francisco seeking inspiration and a page from the original dealer catalog // * photos : Eric Kass