Summary
Small printed and handwritten postcard.
It is a birthday card sent by television station GTV Channel 9 to a boy, who was a member of the Tarax Happy Club. This was for viewers of `The Tarax Happy Show', hosted by television personality Happy Hammond, which was sponsored by local soft drink manufacturer Tarax. Members were sent a card for their birthday, each calendar year had a different design featuring cast members from the show. The 1960 card had ventriloquist doll Gerry Gee sitting at the head of a table at a birthday party, surrounded by children in party hats drinking orange Tarax.
It has a typed name and address on the front, with an Australian 5d postage stamp celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guide movement.
Produced at the station's studios in Richmond, the program first went to air in January 1957, only two days after Channel 9 commenced broadcasting in Melbourne. It ran until 1961, after Happy Hammond moved to HSV Channel 7, when it was renamed `The Tarax Show'.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Michael Reason, 04 Feb 2014
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Organisation Named
GTV Channel 9, 22 Bendigo Street, Richmond, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1960
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Organisation Depicted
Taraxale Brewing Co Ltd, Bendigo Street, Richmond, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1960
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Recipient
Mr Graeme Pond, 6 Anne Street, Pascoe Vale, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1960
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Inscriptions
Printed on front of card: WISHING YOU A VERY/ HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM/ YOUR PALS IN THE/ GTV CHANNEL 9/ TARAX HAPPY CLUB Printed on back of card: from your Pal Gerry/ Graeme Pond,/ 6 Anne Street,/ PASCOE VALE/ GTV 9/ TARAX/ Happy Club
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Classification
Communications, Television programming & production, Promotional materials
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Keywords
Australian Television Industry, Television Publicity, Television Stations, Television Studios, Children, Soft Drinks, Soft Drinks Manufacturing, Ventriloquism
