PLACE REPRESENTED: New Orleans, Louisiana , USA
ITEM: Nail Clipper
NOTES: Nail clipper with a nail file (on the handle), can opener and knife. Be prepared!
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: Korea
MANUFACTURER: Super
DIMENSIONS: 7cm long
PLACE REPRESENTED: Juneau, Alaska, USA specifically The Red Dog Saloon.
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: Juneau is the capital of Alaska, and the Red Dog Saloon is the oldest man-made tourist attraction in Juneau, founded during Juneau’s mining era (around the 1880s I suppose). Actually the saloon has been in a few places in town but they had the historical (?) sense to move the whole saloon in the process. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dog_Saloon
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Red Dog Saloon
DIMENSIONS: adult adjustable size.
NEW YORK CITY, USA – Nic Nac Plate
PLACE REPRESENTED: New York City , USA
ITEM: Nic Nac Plate
NOTES: A tourist trinket with a specific agenda: “Meet me Under the Clock” and on the back, at the Renaissance Hotel in NYC on New Years Eve 1996. “Meet Me Under the Clock” is a place where many people meet, a clock being in times past a not common item, so everyone would know where it was. The phrase, apparently, can be traced to J. D. Salinger who would meet William Shawn, the editor of The New Yorker, with that phrases, under the New York Biltmore Hotel’s lobby clock. The New York Biltmore Hotel ceased operation when the building was gutted in August 1981. The Renaissance is now a Marriott hotel on New York Times Square.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1996
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Las Vegas, Nevada , USA
ITEM: Bottle Opener (and fridge magnet)
NOTES: The famous “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign built in 1959 on a bottle opener with a magnet. Perfect for your fridge. The Las Vegas landmark sign is located on Las Vegas Boulevard South and is iconic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Fabulous_Las_Vegas_sign
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm x 5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hawaii , USA
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: A mug celebrating the Hawaii of years past. There is a retro charm to this which still appeals.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2013
MADE FROM: glass
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: ABC Stores
DIMENSIONS: 11cm (including handle) x 9cm high (boxed it is 10cmx10cmx10cm)
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: Anaheim, California, USA specifically Disneyland.
ITEM: Bowl
NOTES: Disneyland in a wavy plate with various “lands” depicted. Yes, I know Anaheim is now in greater Los Angeles.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: glass
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 17.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Los Angeles, California , USA
ITEM: Display Plate
NOTES: Los Angles depicted ona chokin plate.
Chokin is a technique of surface decoration based on work developed centuries ago in Japan. Many chokin pieces today are extravagant kitsch. This plate is spectacular, 24kt gold edged, blue stone shell background … down town Los Angeles never looked better.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: ceramic material , gold
MADE IN: Japan
MANUFACTURER: The Art of Chokin
DIMENSIONS: 15cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Las Vegas , USA
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: A beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fan from the 60s or early 70s. The pictures are vivid.
These fans must have been exported everywhere because they turn up everywhere. Not as collectible as the souvenir spoons or snow globes but quite commonplace, at least in place with warm climates. Though as a cooling device the fan is of minimal value … it’s not sturdy enough for vigorous fanning.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China (it’s written on the red bit at the bottom)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm tall , 3.5cm wide (when folded in) or 25cm (when open up)
PLACE REPRESENTED: New York City , USA
ITEM: Piggy Bank
NOTES: Literally – a piggy bank in vibrant yellow depicting the best of NYC.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2013
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: City Merchandise
DIMENSIONS: 14cm long , 11cm wide , 10cm high
And a companion piece to the similar, but different, blue New York City piggy bank already posted …
