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Transatlantiques: L'épopée graphique des paquebots de légendesUntil 1 September 2013The romance of the age of sea travel saw its beginnings in the 1890s with international rivalry for the Atlantic crossing by the major countries of Europe and America building bigger, faster and more luxurious ships. The age of the cruise liner was born, the most glamorous of all forms of sea travel. The charm, romance, and excitement of the voyage was reflected in the printed ephemera produced by the shipping companies to suggest the adventure and appeal of far away places. From the humble luggage label to the magnificently designed poster this exhibition displays a plethora of ephemera that cannot fail to arouse nostalgia for those great days of sea travel.
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Remnants of Everyday Life: Historical Ephemera in the Workplace, Street, and HomeUntil 13 October 2013The Library Company of Philadelphia's current exhibition highlights its vast collection of ephemera from the 18th to the early 20th century, with materials ranging from throw-away items to finely printed works. The exhibition will address the evolution of the graphic design of ephemera; ephemera associated with women's role in the home, such as scrapbooks; the changing nature of leisure activities and consumerism over the course of the 19th century; and the life-cycle of commercial ephemera between the workplace, street, and home. Old and young, rich and poor, previous generations participated in a vibrant popular culture whose medium was printed ephemera. Remnants will exhibit broadsides, playbills, fliers, postcards, trade cards, tickets, menus, World's Fair souvenirs, labels, stereographs, albums, scrapbooks, paper dolls and other ephemeral toys and games, and advertisements. The Library Company has been collecting ephemera since 1785, when it acquired the Pierre Eugène Du Simitière collection of Revolutionary War-era pamphlets and broadsides. Today it has one of the largest, most important, and most varied collections of early American ephemera in existence.
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Propaganda: Power and PersuasionUntil 17 September 2013What have the Olympics, Chairman Mao and matchboxes got in common? Who portrayed Margaret Thatcher as Napoleon, and why? From safe sex to dictatorships, from the iconic to the everyday this exhibition is the first to explore how different states have used propaganda during the 20th and 21st centuries, in peace-time and in war. Posters, films, cartoons and textbooks reveal the many ways in which the state tries to influence its citizens. Image:
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See USSRUntil 31 August 2013An exhibition showcasing a country of leisure, comfort and luxury against the widely accepted notion of the striking heroic and industrial imagery produced by the Soviet Union during the 1920-30s. A range of external Soviet publicity such as Intourist travel posters, magazines and other ephemera will be displayed with internal propaganda items including textiles. The Gallery for Russian Arts and Design(GRAD) is an enterprising not-for-profit gallery exhibiting Russian art in central London, including rarely seen graphic arts and other works from Russian collections and specially commissioned pieces.
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Intourist brochure promoting travel |
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The American MuseUntil Fall 2013This exhibition, from the National Museum of American Illustration, presents an homage to American women of the late 19th and early 20th centures and to the illustrators who accurately portrayed their unique and quintessentially American beauty and character. Women of this era in America had greater opportunities in sports, higher education, roles in business, social movements, and politics than those of previous generations in the United States and abroad. Among the American illustrators featured are: Harrison Fisher, Charles Dana Gibson, McClelland Barclay, Philip Boileau, Howard Chandler Christy and James Montgomery Flagg. They each created icons of the American women of their day, and in so doing created a lasting archetype. The public usually gave these lovely images a nickname tied to their respective illustrator, such as The Christy Girl, The Fisher Girl, The Gibson Girl, etc. The nickname became a perpetual part of that particular illustrator's oeuvre and artistic realm.
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Winter Whispers by Philip Boileau |
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Ephemera: the Art of Everyday Printed MatterUntil 15 September 2013Printed ephemera has a value far beyond its definition, it evokes memories of bygone eras, defines the culture of a period, and communicates the social, cultural, and economic climate in a unique and often graphically beautiful way. It can be provocative, amusing, and even controversial. 
From the ephemera collection of the Portsmouth Athenaeum, New Hampshire, co-curators librarian Carolyn Marvin and designer Susan Kress Hamilton have selected some of the best items, graphically and culturally, to bring Portsmouth’s past to life, ranging from the mid-1800’s through the present.
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Poster Art 150 – London Underground’s
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Shakespeare and LondonUntil 26 September 2013In 1613 William Shakespeare purchased a property in Blackfriars, a location convenient for both the Globe and Blackfriars theatres. The deed which records the sale is one of only six documents in the world which bears his signature and is cared for by London Metropolitan Archives (LMA). To celebrate the 400th anniversary of this amazing document, LMA presents an exhibition which explores the relationship between The Bard and capital, from his first recorded appearance in the city in 1592. A range of documents, posters, prints and photos from the LMA collections dating from Shakespeare’s lifetime to the present day will be displayed, illustrating how his plays and influence have lived on through London’s streets, performers, theatres and even pubs. Due to the age and significance of the 1613 deed, the original will be displayed only at the following times:
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Performing Arts Book & Ephemera Fair 201316 November · 10.00 - 16.00 · Free EntrySpecialist dealers will display for sale books and ephemera including playbills, posters, autographs, programmes, prints and photographs, ballet, dance, circus, memorabilia, and much more at prices ranging from a few to several hundred pounds. Includes extra exhibitors from the Ephemera Society.
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