ARIZONA (specifically the Grand Canyon), USA – Game

PLACE REPRESENTED: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona , USA

ITEM: Game

NOTES: Okay, so this is designed to come from anywhere given the “Grand Canyon Nat’l Park” is a decal at the front. But, this chess and checkers set is designed for the traveller, or even for the kids in the back seat in the days before electronics, especially useful on the long drive to the Grand Canyon. And, in any event, have chess (and checkers) will travel. You will always find someone who plays chess.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood , plastic

MADE IN: unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm x 10cm x 5cm FOR: Use

       

GRAND CANYON, USA – Mitt Holder

Grand Canyon - mitt holder (1)PLACE REPRESENTED: Grand Canyon, Arizona , USA

ITEM: Oven Mitt Holder

NOTES: How many oven mitt holders do you come across? This stylish piece of timber has room for the keys in the half urn whilst your mitts can hang from below. How do I know it as oven mitt holder? By the writing, “Take a holder from this hook, save your fingers when you cook”. The “Grand Canyon Nat’l Park” in a different font and writing indicates this may have been a “insert place name here” souvenir. Still, an oven mitt holder!

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 11cm wide x 14cm long x 5.5cm deep.

Grand Canyon - mitt holder (2)

ARIZONA, USA – Ashtray

arizona-ashtray-1PLACE REPRESENTED: The Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

ITEM: Ashtray

NOTES: Spectacular … The Grand Canyon that is. Actually the ashtray isn’t to bad either. Pity it wasn’t made in the US.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s

MADE FROM: ceramic material

MADE IN:  Korea

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 13cm x , 13cm