Food & Fashions for the Field was a champagne lunch and fashion parade fundraising event sponsored by the Gas & Fuel Corporation. In this photo, two women conduct a cooking demonstration on a stage. This photo (amongst two others from the same event) appears on the cover (page 1) of the No 42, November 1986 issue of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's News Review. It accompanies a brief report on the event on page 8.B&W photo of two women presenting a cooking demonstration on a stage. The women are standing behind a bench with an oven beside it. A sign on the front of the bench says "GAS AND FUEL CORPORATION presents FOOD & FASHIONS for the Field". Behind them is a large banner depicting a drawing of some jockeys riding racehorses, mid race.[Handwritten in blue ink, on the top right of the photo] P I 110% [On a yellow sticky note, archivist's note handwritten in black ink] News Review, June 1987 Food & Fashions for the Fieldarthritis foundation of victoria, afv, gas and fuel corporation, food and fashions for the field, fashion parade, luncheon, cooking demonstration, news review, 1986, 1987

Food & Fashions for the Field was a champagne lunch and fashion parade fundraising event sponsored by the Gas & Fuel Corporation. In this photo, two people seated at a small coffee table peruse the event program. A similar photo, depicting the same woman seated at a dining table with another man, appears on the cover (page 1) of the No 42, November 1986 issue of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's quarterly newsletter, News Review. The event was reviewed on page 8 of the same issue.B&W photo of a man and a woman seated at a small round coffee table. The man has his face turned toward the woman while speaking to her. She is looking down at an event program, which he his holding in one hand. The program is titled, "Food and Fashions for the Field". In the background, a third person (partially obscured) is walking across the room behind them.arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, gas and fuel corporation, food and fashions for the field, fashion parade, luncheon, professor barry preston, news review, 1986, 1987

This can opener was from the Vietnam War era. Utensils like this were issued with every ration pack to all servicemen and women.Utensils like this have social significance due to the ubiquity of their use in the field, therefore many Vietnam era veterans may have memories of their use. This item is in good condition and as such, is a representative example of a tool that was widely used. Spoon and blade opener, attached via a turned over piece of metal fashioned into a hinge below which there is a curved cut out with a point which attaches to the side of the can. Handle has two ridges presumably to aid handling of utensil. Punched hole (3 mm across) at end of handle possibly to attach via a string. Inscription on top of handle.Inscribed on top of handle "1966 CARR D[broad arrow]D/7330/66/010/0931"vietnam war, 1960s, utensil, ration, food