European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Fever daily Magazine by George ask coated press dont throw this save this is you could be an Ephemeris to but Donl know at the recent this is ephemera exhibition at the to Bennington museum in people commented i thought it was a i thai junk that that ephemera is wastebasket the collect ing of printed or hand written material meant to be thrown the whole Calvin is in tended to be those things which Man normally does not product greeting ticket parking Lour honorary promotional to name a Why would anyone keep them Why does Man keep anything in the sense of a historic what were really trying to preserve and what in fact has been pre served Are historic records in its a copy of that part of Otto became an Ephemeris to when he quit being a philatelists Stamps Are in a class by now he is one of eight founding fathers of the two year old ephemera society and chairman of its North american office headquartered in Benning ton if youre a youre probably an epic merlot hut dont know it by in be the term ephemera has its origin As a Creek meaning about a Day and relating to some thing thai comes and goes in a very Short period of the Ephemeris a in former times was concerned with the daily positions of celestial but the contemporary use of the word As coined by the Socle by represents a person who collects the but Emery also is the title of the journal of the ephemera published limes yearly at the International Headquarters in is the president of the Wood Long of nearby Hoos de his which makes Wood fiber Board used by newspapers n making the on piece plates necessary in letter press also has a Plant in one saturday ate years Olio was Eupheme Riding in a Market in through a dealer he happened to meet Maurice an eng Oshman who has written books on Effig the interpretation of world War t through which were a Strong propaganda it fuel happened to be circumstance that we and thing led to Moth w realised each interests and the not thing you know society la the Dale november of the eight founding Otto is the Only american the others 1w All profs is Sta graphic arts or the president of the loviely is sir John poet laureate of know whether we were the Only eight humans in he world who cared or but we now tsp Newell Over 350 members and Are growing very society Basic purpose is to gel together people who do colled to Heto others to interpret perhaps our biggest goal try bet kinds ideals As Well As the past that in print or w Handwritten the majority of the if they run into old trunk or the company it s n beads for the that whal were mechanism to allow your mind to do Tome Lhing different than j our Normal the collecting of ephemera is a great Deal in my mind like prospecting for the fun is in the searching and then putting together a col Lection of things regardless of whal they Are that you can then enjoy both visually and Otto Points to his colourful Trade dating from about the Middle 1800s to the turn of the these Are the most common they Are of All dealing with products from soap to from Flowers to funeral the Perfec Tion of color printing on a mass basis generated a proliferation of Trade using ephemera for historic Otto has written several including pub Ich occur the Story of the first newspaper published in America in he recreated in facsimile the newspaper itself on paper that was made in 1890 which he found while on a business trip to ii was done on his own printing press with Turnof the Century Type shut be keeps in the cellar of his 14 room Home in less than 10 Miles from his work in Hoosick printing he is a secondary another Book he has just finished is the treaty of the definitive peace treaty signed in Paris in 1783 to end the american to this i actually used inc treaty itself and attempted to use that piece of Handwritten Ephe Mera id get a Story Aslo whal went on Between the two nations in an Effort to come to an equitable in addition to what he has Olio has hundreds o books Ini american and world some dating Back to the there either related from the Point or inc his Loric nature of the books or from same of the bind Ings that Are on Imas equally interested in the graphics of Ephen Wra As 1 am in the there arc Between and items in his col Lection of including advertising receipts from steamship posters and old his personal collection ends Abuwi ills two most prize possess Loni Are the Gazelle of the tint English Lan Guage newspaper that was produced As a regu Lar ant a poster from Nlaly dating Back to k30 that warned of plague in an italian they probably could command a pretty but Otto says most of whal be at least in the last 20 has come from Flea and Flea Market prices Are very the average Chc Monst like Maseu buys and collects things that Cost so cents and h and maybe 1 doubt youll find much above Jim for an individual Ion Al Bennington Sun Chad the open ing of the North american division which has Fol the exhibition will be taken to Boston and other cities Olio says of uses ephemera As an escape ephemera collector Otto save Trie trash january 197b the stars and stripes Page
