Historical information

On Friday the 26th and Saturday the 27th of May, 1978, an art and craft exhibition was held as a fundraising event in support of the Rheumatism and Arthritis Association of Victoria (RAAV). Titled, "Living with Arthritis - Aids to Daily Living", the exhibition was held at St Andrew's Parish Hall in Brighton. A second "Living with Arthritis" exhibition was held two months later in Footscray. Henceforth, the respective events were commonly referred to as "the Brighton exhibition" and "the Footscray exhibition". A fashion parade and panel discussion were also held as part of the two-day event. On the Saturday, the fashion parade was hosted by special guest MC, Australian actor, Reg Gorman. Reg co-compered the fashion parade with RAAV member, Joan Watson. This photo is a close-up of Reg and Joan with RAAV Vice President, Elva Renfrew. A cropped version of the photo, depicting only Reg and Joan, appears on page 4 of the Vol 9, March 1978 edition of RAAV's quarterly newsletter, News Review. It is captioned: "Co-Compares Reg and Joan prior to Saturday's fashion parade. Photo - Ben Baxter." The photo accompanies an article on page 5 titled, "AIDS TO DAILY LIVING", and sub-titled "ART AND CRAFT". The article reports on the Art and Craft exhibition, the demonstrations and stalls, and the fashion parade.

Physical description

B&W close-up photo of three people standing close together and looking down. The brickwork of the interior walls of the building is visible in the background.

Inscriptions & markings

[handwritten in pencil, along the bottom of the photo] ? Joan Reg