Ephemera Events, News & Exhibitions
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A Thousand Kisses: Love Letters from
Until 30 May 2008
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The Design and Printing of Ephemera in Britain
Graham Hudson
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Workers’ War: Home Front RecalledThis website holds an exhibition of hundreds of digitised images and documents - photographs, posters, flyers - about the War and the Home Front effort. This resource is a partnership initiative between London Metropolitan University, the Trades Union Congress and the National Pensioners’ Convention to record and commemorate the role played by trade unions and workers on the Home Front during the Second World War. http://www.unionhistory.info/workerswar/
The Huntley & Palmers CollectionOnline ResourceHuntley & Palmers started life in 1822 as a small bakery in London Street, Reading. In 1846 the firm opened a large factory on Kings Road in Reading and by 1900 this business was the largest biscuit manufacturer in the world, employing over 5,000 people. The Huntley & Palmers Collection is the archive that was formed by the famous Reading biscuit company during its 150 year history and shows the development of the company and the impact it had on Reading and its people. The site tells the story of Reading's world famous biscuit company through the digitisation of over 2200 objects including packaging and other ephemera. http://www.huntleyandpalmers.org.uk/
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John Vinycomb: The Hand is Still a Masters2 June - 30 August 2008John Vinycomb came to Belfast in 1855 to work as an engraver in the art department of Marcus Ward and Company, a stationery, colour-printing and publishing business that gained an international reputation for the quality of its products. An authority on heraldry and renowned designer of bookplates Vinycomb was active in the cultural life of Belfast, becoming President of the Belfast Art Society, the Belfast Naturalists Field Club and the Ulster Arts Club. This exhibition celebrates his life and work, providing a rare opportunity to see some of his unique and beautifully illuminated addresses.
Detail from Illuminated Presentation Album given by Marcus Ward & Company Limited to Mr George Petty on the occasion of his retirement
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Life in Death: The Victorian Art of TaxidermyUntil 15 June 2008Before television, mass entertainment and the other delights of 21st century living, the art of taxidermy became a fashionable high point in Victorian style. Thriving on the huge emergent interest in natural sciences and the opening up of world trade routes throughout the 19th century, every stylish Victorian home included at least one display of stuffed animals and birds amongst its knick-knackery. ![]() Life in Death: The Victorian Art of Taxidermy puts the practice into its context enabling visitors to enjoy its appeal in the light of the Victorians’ way of life. The centrepiece of the exhibition takes the visitor through a Victorian parlour, stuffed with the gewgaws typical of the era - from the horse’s hoof inkwell and the elephant’s foot umbrella stand to an original display of jewel-coloured birds in flight. Brighton’s quirky Booth Museum of Natural History houses one of the finest permanent collections of taxidermy in Britain. The founder, Edward Thomas Booth, built the museum in 1874 to accommodate his fast growing collections. Above
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Bear Ye One Another's BurdensOnline ExhibitionExplore the history of the Girls’ Friendly Society (GFS) in this new online exhibition by Vivienne Richmond based on the archive of the GFS, held at The Women’s Library.
A pioneering youth organisation, yet largely neglected by historians, the GFS was formed in 1875 for the preservation of chastity among working-class girls. At its peak, on the eve of World War One, it had nearly 200,000 members and claimed to be the largest girls’ society of the day. Though much smaller, the GFS still exists today, working principally with young mothers. Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens traces the Society’s varied history through the archive’s rich collection of visual and material sources, including banners, certificates, magazines, needlework, photographs, posters and souvenirs.
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May 68: Street Posters from the Paris RebellionUntil 1 June 2008
The posters of the Paris uprising of May 1968 comprise some of the most brilliant graphic works ever to have been associated with a movement for social and political change. This selection of original posters coincides with The Hayward’s 40th birthday and celebrates the vibrant activist graphics and revolutionary spirit of summer 1968.
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The Big Smoke1 July – 21 September 2008One year on from the smoking ban, this display looks at the history of smoking in London. Using objects and images from the Museum’s collections, the display will chart the history of smoking from the first introduction of tobacco in London to the present day, following changes in attitude over the centuries. Above
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