I recently wrote a post entitled American Political Items Collectors which talked about a non-profit membership organization of the same name.
Along the sames lines, a recent article in The News Tribune out of Tacoma, Washington speaks about a Mr. Ed Nolan, head of special collections at the Washington State History Research Center.
Nolan has a fascination for those sorts of things. He’s spent a good part of his professional life getting his hands on items of ephemera before they yellow, crumble and vanish. He catalogs them. He slips them into clean plastic folders. He files them. He preserves them for posterity.
Apparently one of Nolan’s specialties is “rally cards” – those signs meant to be waved at political gatherings or displayed in supporters’ windows. From private citizens contributions and various other sources he has gathered such signs as “Veterans for Obama,” “Catholics for Obama,” “African-Americans for Obama,” “Latinos for Obama,” “Pro Family, Pro Obama,” and even one for Jewish supporters, with the candidate’s name printed in Hebrew.
It’s a short article, but worth a read if you have any interest in Political Ephemera. You can read it here.. and visit the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma by clicking here.
I’m Tom Murphy and thanks for helping me give Ephemera the encore it deserves.
Tom
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Thanks to a website authored by a Mr. Greg Kindall of Kirkland, Washington, I have learned a great deal about what he defines as:
Membership in the organization costs $28.00 a year for full USA membership (international cost are higher) and includes a one-year subscription to The Political Bandwagon publication, four issues of The Keynoter, the official publication of the APIC, access to the features of the members only area of the APIC website and membership privileges at all APIC-sponsored shows, auctions and events, both regional and national.
Their “AIDS Ephemera,” is an exhibit which opened November 25, 2002. The materials are drawn from the NLM’s Prints & Photographs collection. The National Library of Medicine has a remarkable collection of posters, pamphlet, buttons – many of which are displayed on the site representing the creative efforts of public health officials to combat the disease.
Here is just one sample of the items she has in her collection. It’s a 1937 Negro Spiritual Sheet Music Book which she describes as:
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