PLACE REPRESENTED: Hervey Bay, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fans fold in on themselves or open up. Nice scenes of the sites at Hervey Bay and the nearby Fraser Island.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong (it’s written on the red bit at the bottom)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm tall , 3.5cm wide (18cm tall x 3.5cm wide (when folded in) or 25cm when open up)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Queensland (specifically North Queensland) , Australia
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fans fold in on themselves or open up.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong (It’s written on the red bit at the bottom)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm tall , 3.5cm wide (when folded up) 25cm when opened up
PLACE REPRESENTED: Nambour (specifically the Sunshine Plantation), Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fans fold in on themselves or open up.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong (It’s written on the red bit at the bottom)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm tall , 3.5cm wide (when folded up) 25cm when opened up.
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: Gold Coast, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fan from the 60s or early 70s. The pictures say it all. The Gold Coast as it once was, and now isn’t.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong (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: North Coast, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fans open but are clearly decorative and won’t give you much relief from the North Coast heat.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong (it’s written on the red bit at the bottom)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm tall , 3.5cm wide (when folded up), 25cm when opened up
PLACE REPRESENTED: Australia
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fan is purely decorative and won’t do much to alleviate the Australian heat.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong (it’s written on the red bit at the bottom)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm tall , 3.5cm wide (when folded up), 25cm when opened up.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hervey Bay, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fan from the 60s (or early 70s). The fans fold in on themselves or open up and depict local sights.
Here they have thrown in some scenery from Fraser Island, across the channel.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong (it’s written on the red bit at the bottom)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm tall , 3.5cm wide (18cm tall x 3.5cm wide (when folded in) or 25cm when open up)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Western Australia , Australia.
ITEM: Fan
NOTES: Beautifully kitsch plastic souvenir fans from the 60s or early 70s. The fans fold in on themselves or open up (as they should).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: Hong Kong (It’s written on the red bit at the bottom)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm tall, 3.5cm wide (when folded up), 25cm when opened up
