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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.
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Mrs Gloria Sheldon, 22 Nov 2006
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Place & Date Depicted
33 Greensborough Road, Rosanna, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1967
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Individuals Identified
Sheldon, Debra
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Digital file, TIFF, Black & White
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Debra Sheldon 33 Greensborough Road Rosanna 1967
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