JUNEAU, ALASKA, USA – Cap

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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.

TAYLOR’S ARM, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA – Fridge Magnet

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taylors-arm-fridge-magnet-1PLACE REPRESENTED: Taylor’s Arm, New South Wales , Australia

ITEM: Fridge Magnet

NOTES: The Pub with No Beer immortalised in the Slim Dusty song of 1957. Taylors Arm is 498km north of Sydney, near Coffs Harbour. The poem the song was based on was about a pub in Ingham in North Queensland though.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: wood

MADE IN:  Australia

MANUFACTURER: Handmade

DIMENSIONS: 10cm across

NICARAGUA – Whistle

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nicaragua-bird-whistle-toucan-1PLACE REPRESENTED:   Nicaragua

ITEM: Whistle

NOTES: A beautifully detailed ornament that doubles as a two hole whistle. You blow air in through the tail and change pitch by opening and closing holes on the birds back. The bird depicted is a Nicaraguan keel-billed Toucan I think. Nifty though my mastery of the instrument is limited. There is a story behind the “Nicaraguan Bird Whistle” rise to tourist trinket: they are locally made and they help feed local underprivileged children. They are made around the Granada town area by Heliberto & Family Handcrafted Ceramics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPZgdtoFqIE

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2016

MADE FROM: clay

MADE IN:  Nicaragua

MANUFACTURER: Heliberto & Family Handcrafted Ceramics

DIMENSIONS: 9cm  long , 8cm high

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NIAGARA FALLS, CANADA – Cap

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niagara-falls-canada-cap-2PLACE REPRESENTED: Niagara Falls, Canada

ITEM: Cap

NOTES: Niagra Falls, Canada in orange and not, for a change, in the red and white national colours of Canada.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s

MADE FROM: cotton

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: adult Adjustable  size.

NOOSA HEADS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Calendar

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noosa-heads-calendar-1PLACE REPRESENTED: Noosa Heads, Queensland , Australia

ITEM: Calendar

NOTES: Beaches, rest and relaxation. Who needs a calendar?  Time is suspended in Noosa? Perhaps. But development isn’t. Noosa doesn’t look like that anymore.

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s

MADE FROM: plastic

MADE IN:  unknown

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 11cm x  11cm

CROATIA – Bottle

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croatia-bottle-in-wooden-sleeve-1PLACE REPRESENTED:   Croatia

ITEM: Bottle

NOTES: A modern version of the traditional Croatian spirit bottle. There is actually a bottle encased in the carved wood. A good idea, especially if you drop it after, err, a few shots. No doubt it is meant to hold slivovitz (plum brandy) given the fruit carved into one of the faces (which look to be plums). This is wonderfully detailed with the Croatian emblem and colours. A bonus would be if it came with slivovitz. Wait, I think it did … but it is all gone now. Evaporation?

YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s

MADE FROM: wood , glass

MADE IN:   Croatia probably

MANUFACTURER: unknown

DIMENSIONS: 17cm wide , 23.5cm tall

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