PLACE REPRESENTED: Los Angeles, specifically Hollywood, California , USA
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: Vivid and incredibly kitsch (just like Hollywood today?) key ring in the letter of someone you love …
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 3.5cm x 3.5cm long (7.5cm long with the ring)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Pattaya , Thailand
ITEM: Keychain
NOTES: A memento of the Holiday Inn Sands Hotel at Pattaya. If you google Pattay don’t do it with the “images” tab on, well, not with kids around.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic and steel.
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 10cm long (including chain)
PLACE REPRESENTED: New Zealand
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: New Zealand
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Union
DIMENSIONS: 4.5cm x 3.5cm at its widest
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cairns, Queensland, Australia
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: Small, efficient and effective. I’ve been there and my keys need a home. And, lets face it, key chains always get used.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 6.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Croatia
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: Croat colours and coat of arms. As most Europeans know “Hrvatska” is Croatian for “Croatia”.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2004
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4.5cm x 3cm (the coat of arms part)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Budapest , Hungary
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: Budapest in leather.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: leather
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4cm across , 5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Sydney, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: The iconic Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House … again.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 11cm long (with chain)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Mexico
ITEM: Key Ring
NOTES: A leather hat with Mexico stamped in it.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: leather
MADE IN: ?
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4cm diameter , 2cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Ireland
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: Ha, the Irish are funny and clearly don’t forget easily. The sentiment is succinct and perfect…and on both sides of the key chain, just in case you forget.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2004
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: ?
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4cm x 6cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Brisbane, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, on five cards – ten pictures in all. Half the pictures are of animals or the nearby surf and sin fun beach city of Surfers Paradise. Surely Brisbane has more than that? In any event Brisbane doesn’t look much like what’s on the cards anyway, anymore. Develop, develop, develop.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: Plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm including chain (6cm without) x 3.5cm wide