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Photograph - Group photo, 03/12/1981

  • B&W photo of six women standing on a low on a stage and a mascot (a person dressed in a rat costumre) is standing on the floor below the stage. The three women standing to the left of the frame are wearing long-sleeved, floor-length dresses. One of them is leaning forward slightly as she smiles and looks towards the women to the right of the frame. She is leaning on a walking stick with both hands. A little further along the stage (to the right of the frame), two women are standing close together. One of them is wearing a floor-length skirt and a top with wide straps, while the other woman is wearing a three-quarter sleeve calf-length dress. The woman in the long skirt is accepting a gift-wrapped potted plant decorated with bows from the mascot. At the far end of the stage, there is a sixth woman (partially obscured by the mascot) standing near a microphone on a stand. There are two framed pictures on the wall at the back of the stage, and a bold patterned carpet on the stage floor. In the foreground, the heads of two audience members have been Photographed from behind.

    Self Help Groups - Annual Luncheon & Fashion Parade 1981

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  • B&W photo of six women standing on a low on a stage and a mascot (a person dressed in a rat costumre) is standing on the floor below the stage. The three women standing to the left of the frame are wearing long-sleeved, floor-length dresses. One of them is leaning forward slightly as she smiles and looks towards the women to the right of the frame. She is leaning on a walking stick with both hands. A little further along the stage (to the right of the frame), two women are standing close together. One of them is wearing a floor-length skirt and a top with wide straps, while the other woman is wearing a three-quarter sleeve calf-length dress. The woman in the long skirt is accepting a gift-wrapped potted plant decorated with bows from the mascot. At the far end of the stage, there is a sixth woman (partially obscured by the mascot) standing near a microphone on a stand. There are two framed pictures on the wall at the back of the stage, and a bold patterned carpet on the stage floor. In the foreground, the heads of two audience members have been Photographed from behind.

Historical information

On the 3rd of December, 1981, a Self Help Groups Annual Luncheon was held at the Palm Lake Motel in Albert Park. A fashion parade was held as part of the event. In this photo, the Rheumatism and Arthritis Associaton of Victoria's mascot, Artie the Research Rat, begins to hand out a 'Thank You' gift of a potted plant to each the five models. They are Lorraine Cummings, Irene Tresize, Pauline Schulzeff, Dorothy Home, and one other (unidentified).

Physical description

Black and white photo of six women standing on a low on a stage and a mascot (a person wearing a rat costume) standing on the floor next to the stage. One of the women is using a walking stick. There is a small gap between the first three women and the next two women on stage. The sixth woman is standing further along the stage. The mascot is handing a gift to one of the women in the group of two, obscuring the view of the sixth woman, at the far end of the stage.

Inscriptions & markings

[Handwritten in black ink] Groups Annual Luncheon, Palm Lake Motel, 1981 [Handwritten in pencil, in the top right corner] Elsemarie

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