PLACE REPRESENTED: Buenos Aires , Argentina
ITEM: Snow Globe
NOTES: Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina and the tango, a dance from Buenos Aires, go hand in hand. Actually the dance originated in Buenos Aires and Montevideo in Uruguay which are on either side of the River Plate about 250 km from each other.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: glass , resin (base)
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7cm across x 9cm high .
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Snow Globe
NOTES: Ahhh, the Opera House (and Harbour Bridge) in a snow globe. Perfectly identifiable and quite the piece of kitsch. But does it ever snow in Sydney? No cocaine related jokes necessary.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5cm high , 7cm long
PLACE REPRESENTED: Woombye (specifically The Big Pineapple), Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Snow Globe
NOTES: It doesn’t snow anywhere near the “Big Pineapple” so why a snow globe? Why not I say!
The “Big Pineapple” was a big and a major tourist attraction in the 70s … people would travel for miles to see the “Big Pineapple”. They don’t as much any more but they should as there is should be a market for “retro chic hipster tourism”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Pineapple
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18.5cm high x 7cm