Are you interested in Space? How about Space Ephemera?
John Sisson, a biology librarian out of California has a rather new blog entitled “Dreams of Space – Books and Ephemera“.
He tells us in his blog that he has been collecting children’s non-fiction books about space flight for some 19 years, and has lots of Ephemera to supplement his collection. It’s worth a visit to his blog … but perhaps even more interesting is a visit to his website, also entitled “Dreams of Space” where he has sectioned it off into 5 general categories:
- Imagination: 1883-1948
- Pre-Flight: 1949-1953
- Countdown: 1954-1956
- Liftoff: 1957-1960
- Flight and Touchdown: 1961-1974
He also has sections for:
- non-English Space Books
- Artists and Illustrators
- Authors and Editors
- Book descriptions
- History of Space Art and Space Art links
On his site you can find many wonderful items, mostly book covers from as far back as about 1883. But he also has some fine Ephemera like the poster on the left talking about “The World Tomorrow”. John dates it at about 1940 and shows many of the things we take for granted today – helicopters, high speed trains, flyovers etc.
In yet another section of his website John talks about all the artists and illustrators as well as the authors and editors of the various publications he has shown, giving a brief biography of each and a list of some of their publications. He goes on further to write a very interesting “History of Space Art”.
As I said, if you are into Space and Space Ephemera, John’s site is certainly one place you will want to visit. But be warned, it will take some time to do so as John has such an extensive collection of images and stories.
I’m Tom Murphy and thanks for helping me give Ephemera the encore it deserves.
Tom
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