Proffitt's

Brochure from Proffitt's opening at

Hamilton Place Mall, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Click here to learn more.

Kodak Camera Carnival

From 1958, a mailer for Kodak's Camera Carnival 

featuring Ed Sullivan and the Nelson Family. 

Click here to enjoy an episode of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," entitled "Tutti-Frutti Ice Cream," sponsored by Eastman Kodak.

Click again to see yet another "Ozzie and Harriet," 

from 1958, sponsored by Kodak.

Hot Dog!

  

Labor saving summer fun.  

Click here to see a film about household time management from the 1940s.

Dietetic Jubilee

Gifts of food can be lovely.  Pastel petits fours are a jubilee.

Bread

A mid-fifties visit to Kern's bread factory in Bristol, Virginia.  

Click here to see a film about selling and delivering baked goods to supermarkets from 1954.


Click here to see a film about careers in the baking industry from 1946.

Ephemeral Matters!

Ephemeral describes transitory objects or concepts. The Greek root, ephemeros, translates to "lasting for a single day".  Printed matters such as pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, handbills or advertisements are most often ephemeral due to the specificity of time and place their subjects encompass.  This blog is a showcase of some interesting printed matter.