Digital Photograph - Girl with 'Gerry Gee' Doll, Rosanna, 1967

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Description Of Content:: Girl with ribbon in her hair, playing with her 'Gerry Gee' doll on her lap.

This is a photograph of Debra Sheldon and her 'Gerry Gee' doll, 1967. The 'Gerry Gee' doll had a lever in its back and its mouth would open. You would talk and fit your words to the movements of its mouth, like a ventriloquist. 'Gerry Gee' was based on ventriloquist's dolls, especially the popular performer Ron Blaskett in the 1950s and 1960s. It was a very a popular and expensive doll at the time, and now a collector's item. But her mother Gloria remembers that Debra didn't play with it much.
Acquisition Information:: Copied from Mrs Gloria Sheldon, 2006
Acknowledgement:: Contributed by Gloria M. Sheldon

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Themes this item is part of:	Childhood & Youth Collection, Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection
Primary Classification:	GAMES & TOYS
Secondary Classification:	Puppets
Tertiary Classification:	ventriloquist
Inscriptions:	Debra Sheldon 33 Greensborough Road Rosanna 1967
People Depicted:	Sheldon, Debra
Format:	Digital Still Image: Black & White; Tiff
Place & Date Depicted:	Rosanna, Victoria, Australia, 1967
Photographer:	Mr Arthur Sheldon