The Ephemera Society of America's flagship event next month will feature more than 10,000 items including advertisements, baseball cards, rare maps, playbills, banknotes, sheet music, luggage tags, and wood engravings.
The driving forces behind worldwide change include invention and innovation. The Ephemera Society of America’s 2017 conference explored American Ingenuity, but we only scratched the surface of a vast topic.
Each speaker will address a topic related to invention and innovation, relying heavily on tangible ephemera.
We will feature nine presenters over two days. Presentations will: Explore the groundbreaking inventions that defined early photography and its transformative impact on art and society; Look at how inventions often build on previous ideas, solving everyday problems or evolving as technology changes over time; Exam how advocates and opponents of birth control tailored their messages to diverse audiences in the early 20th century; Trace the engineering and design advances that shaped the evolution of amusement park rides and their cultural impact; Take a deep dive into how psychedelic art of the 1960s revolutionized graphic design and reflected the counterculture of the time; Examine how illustrators redefined visual storytelling to address social and cultural issues during a period of rapid change; and Discus how ephemera collections provide insight into the innovation and evolution of American household design.
PREVIEW: Friday 5pm - 7pm
Saturday Hours:
ESA Member Early Admission 9am - 10am
Regular Admission 10am - 5pm
Sunday Hours:
11am - 4pm
Hyatt Regency Hotel
1800 E Putnam Avenue
Old Greenwich, CT
