Library ephemera

Vintage Toronto Public Library card from 1889, digizited from the Baldwin Collection of Canadiana.

library checkout cards, turn into a table?

Magazine references to Hallowe'en entertainments: p. 179-181; Supplementary list of readings, recitations, and plays: p. 182-183

I bought a book from 1910 just for this card pocket. I'm glad I don't have any late fees since the repercussions are severe. I would hate to be imprisoned for a 2 cent/day fine. I cleaned up the image in Photoshop, made the background transparent and printed the card holder on a manilla file folder. It would have been easier to recreate it but I wanted to use the old font. If you click on this photo you can get a full size printable card pocket. I left some of the grunge since it gives…

Here are two aged and shabby vintage library cards. They are from the book Birdcraft, by Mabel Osgood Wright, 1897, a recent addition to my collection. When the book arrived and I saw these old library cards intact, I was excited to share them with you! Library Card Front: Library Card Back: A separate Date Due card:...Read More

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My Writing Group went on a field trip recently- seeking inspiration, enjoying friendship and … yes, there may have been chocolate involved. One of the treasures we encountered were pockets an…

Artist: Tremont Date: 1901 Description: States, 'The Bronx Free Library, Tremont 1901, The Gift of...' with the motto 'Growth in wisdom;' features an ornate frame made of fruit and garland. Unsigned. Format: 1 print, col., 11 x 9 cm. Source: Pratt Institute Libraries, Special Collections 134 (sc00693) Pratt Libraries Website For inquiries regarding permissions and use fees, please contact: rightsandrepro.library@pratt.edu.

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3 x 5" index card, type print and handwriting (pen and pencil). Circulation card for Chubb Library, Ohio University; "659.1 D59 (left corner); Dippy, Advertising production methods" Alden Library Web site: www.library.ohiou.edu/

For when you need to explain catalog cards to kids who can't imagine how we ever found books before there were computers!

[Bookplate of the Free Public Library] by Pratt Libraries

Image BA02-C311-0-EC7-4-F82-B1-CB-9416-EE36080-A in Library cards album

A catalog card printed by the Boston Public Library on May 3, 1922. This is a discarded card from the Harvard College Library.

When I worked at Amazon.com in the mid-1990s, no one originally knew quite what to make of us. I worked there pre-IPO, and for just a few months, as the place was a chaotic mess I had to run away…

baby shower book library themed party invitation template

Library Cards of the Past To celebrate library card sign up month we’ve gathered library cards from our past. The oldest card is the one on the top from the 1890s. The one on the bottom is a 1968...

These vintage infographics were used in the 1930 and 1940s to how to find information and come up with answers.

Are you in need of some dates? Well, you're in luck. Here's some fun for crafting from my ephemera stash--vintage (1960s) library book due dates stamped by the hands of school librarians on the front piece to "A True Book of Plants We Know." Enjoy using this in all your work, just don't sell or redistribute the original work as your own. Leave me a sample of your art in the comments if you find a fun way to put this work!