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Adam Davis

Detail of a Russian book jacket

A history of the modern world as told by everyday throwaway ephemera

Arts, Culture & Media

Handbills, political tracts and posters are created for instant, fleeting consumption. But collecting ephemera is big business– and in the age of the internet, it’s only getting bigger.

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