This article may not fit into the true definition of Ephemera as many of us know it… but it caught my attention.. and reminded me of my teen years… so I had to post about it. To me at least it is a form of vintage ephemera.
Delicious Industries, an independent design studio based in Brighton, UK has posted a number of pictures of VW panel vans used in commercial endeavors. The pictures come from an old dealer brochure – paper ephemera – on a site named Cartype (more on that site in a later post).
These vans have some great color combination’s and some even greater signage.
As a teen I worked for a while at a local laundry named “Estate Laundry” in Williston Park, NY… and we had a van just like these, with equally interesting signage. I wish I had a picture today of one of their vans.
Wikipedia has a very extensive write-up about Volkswagen Type 2 Vans although none of the ones they picture are of the panel van design, but rather the bus style ones with side windows.
As I look at the one on the right.. I can just picture it in green with the words “Starbuck’s Coffee” emblazoned on the side.
Have any of our ephemera collector readers seen any of these vintage vans recently… or have some ephemera or photos of them? Share them with us!
I’m Tom Murphy and thanks for helping me give Ephemera the Encore it deserves.
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