Ephemera is transitory written and printed matter, not intended to be retained or preserved. The word derives from the Greek, meaning things lasting no more than a day. Trade cards, bookmarks, catalogs, ticket-stubs, stock certificates, greeting cards, postcards, and posters, are all examples of ephemera.

Browse our collection of clip art images derived from vintage Victorian and early 19th century ephemera. Images such as these are popular with collage and mixed-media artists.



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Victorian Mourning Ephemera Advertisement
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Good Flour Makes Good Bread
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Cleopatra Liebig Extract Ephemera
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Sheet of German Tickets
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Arabian Man with Rifle
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Up to Date Millinery
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Dr Wilbors Cod Liver Oil Advertisement
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Beautiful Luxuriant Hair Quack Beauty Treatment
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Are You Too Fat
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Free Bottles Cure for Consumption
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Cottolene The Best Food for Children
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Rubifoam Toothpaste
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Ayers Cathartic Pills Medical Ephemera
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Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Tonic
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Tooth Powder for Pretty Lips
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Lovely Complexion Pure Soft White Skin Advertisement
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