PLACE REPRESENTED: Vietnam
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A green military style cap from Vietnam
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: head size
VIETNAM – Cap
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FRANKFURT, GERMANY – Wall Ornament
PLACE REPRESENTED: Frankfurt , Germany
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A magnificently detailed look at Frankfurt, a Frankfurt that doesn’t exist anymore. The skyline is modern now. Here, the late 1950s or early 1960s, Frankfurt was still being rebuilt after heavy bombing during World War 2. The bridge (not sure which one) still has a steel span between the block foundations. Wonderfully evocative of a time gone by … and the Frankfurt Elvis would have seen when he was in the US Army stationed near by.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1950s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Germany probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 33cm long x 14cm wide x 1.5cm thick
EMERALD, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Small Container
PLACE REPRESENTED: Emerald, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Container
NOTES: Small container adorned by Queensland’s green tree frog. Mass produced this seems to be a case of “insert town name here”. Still, the frog is cute.
Emerald is a town in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia about 883 km NW of Brisbane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald,_Queensland
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: Hard resin
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8cm long x 5.5cm high x 6cm diameter
TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA – Small Dish
PLACE REPRESENTED: Tasmania (specifically the Batman Bridge) , Australia
ITEM: Small Dish NOTES: A small nic nac dish celebrating Tasmania’s Batman bridge which crosses the Tamar River. The image and design of this is quite 1960s, which makes sense as the bridge was built between 1966 and 1968 and was the first cable stayed bridge in Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Bridge
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: china
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: Westminster
DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm x 10cm
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, USA – Ashtray
PLACE REPRESENTED: New York City, New York , USA
ITEM: Small dish or ashtray
NOTES: A striking aluminium stamped small dish or ashtray commemorating New York City and its Empire State Building. Unsure of the age, but it has the Empire State Building as the tallest building, which it was from 1931 to 1971. The pressed aluminium cries out mass produced “art deco”. It is certainly a souvenir that wont break or deteriorate quickly.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1940s
MADE FROM: aluminium
MADE IN: Switzerland
MANUFACTURER: Alpha
DIMENSIONS: 11.5cm diameter
CROATIA – Bottle
PLACE REPRESENTED: Croatia
ITEM: Bottle
NOTES: Small bottle in faux (?) traditional design with a blue backing. Possibly a local version of a hip flask and no doubt used for holding a couple of shots of the local distilled grape spirit, rakija.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1973
MADE FROM: glass , leather
MADE IN: Yugoslavia
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13cm high , 10cm wide
MAGNIFIC ROCK, NICARAGUA – Fridge Magnet
PLACE REPRESENTED: Magnific Rock, Popoyo , Nicaragua
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Magnific Rock is a point located in Popoyo, Nicaragua. Popoyo is a small beach town in the Tola municipality of the Rivas Department of Nicaragua. On top of Magnific Rock is perched the Magnific Rock Hotel which overlooks Nicaragua’s premier surf break and one Central America’s top surfing destinations, hence the depiction of the hotel, the seabirds, the beach and the lonely(?) surfer. The hotel link is here: http://magnificrockpopoyo.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/MagnificRock/
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2016
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm x 5cm
PORT MACQUARIE, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Pen Holder
PLACE REPRESENTED: Port Macquarie, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Pen Holder
NOTES: A nice wooden pen holder made from a branch segment with local seeds, nuts and leaves decorating the front. I like this.
Port Macquarie is located on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Macquarie
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Australia, I suspect
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9cm across x 7cm deep x 7.5cm high
WHITSUNDAY ISLANDS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Fridge Magnet
PLACE REPRESENTED: Whitsunday Islands, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: A tacky souvenir for the Whitsunday Sands Resort, the beautiful islands off Queensland’s central north coast. Croc having a BBQ
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm across, 5.5cm high
ABRUZZO, ITALY – Wall Ornament
PLACE REPRESENTED: Abruzzo , Italy
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: “Ricordo d’ Abruzzo”. A “Rembrance of Abruzzo. A contented woman working in a kitchen. A celebration of the traditional. Abruzzo is a region of Italy in Southern Italy (around the middle of the boot on the eastern side). Fiercely proud (at least the ones I know are) they are neither northern nor southern. Quite beautiful the area is less well known to foreign tourists than the usual staples of Italian tourism.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: Copper
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 24cm diameter