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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