Summary

Alternative Name(s): Newspaper Headline

This poster was produced to advertise the September 2nd, 1998 edition of the Herald Sun newspaper. The headline relates to a story about a NSW car dealer swapped what was claimed to be Phar Lap's 1930 Melbourne Cup for a Holden car. Later research disproved the claim that the Cup was genuine.

The billboard refers to a front page story in the Herald Sun of Wednesday September 2, 1998. The story reports the news that a NSW car dealer swapped what was claimed to be Phar Lap's 1930 Melbourne Cup for a Holden car. Later research by Senior Curator Eddie Butler-Bowden disproved the claim that the Cup was genuine.

Physical Description

A large rectangular advertising poster printed on newsprint. On the front is printed a large headline in black ink.

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