I have no idea where this should go but I saw this just now on twitter from Melbourne Museum. Something that the older OERites may remember from the 1960s.
Doll - Sterne Doll Company, Richmond Football Club Barracker, Gerry Gee Special, Boxed, 1960s
Summary:
Boxed Richmond Football Club Barracker Gerry Gee Special (Glass Moving Eyes) Ventriloquist Doll.
This ventriloquist doll was produced in Melbourne by the Sterne Doll Company as part of a range of toys based on the TV ventriloquist doll Gerry Gee, star of Channel 9's `The Tarax Show'. They brought out Gerry dolls dressed in supporter outfits for all of the VFL teams.
Description:
Painted plaster doll with moving (weighted) glass eyes and movable mouth mechanism. Has a light brown mohair wig, and is dress in a knitted black with yellow diagonal strip football jersey, with two white plastic buttons, black cotton pants, white cotton socks and black moulded shoes. The doll is contained in a long rectangular cardboard box with fitted lid, both of which has paper labels, with photographs, describing the doll.
Discipline: History
Primary Classification: GAMES & TOYS
Secondary Classification: Puppets
Tertiary Classification: ventriloquist
Inscriptions: Printed on front of box: GERRY GEE/ Special/ CHANNEL GTV9
Manufacturer: Sterne Doll Company, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1962-1966
Person Depicted: Gerry Gee, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1962-1966
http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/833480/doll-sterne-doll-company-richmond-football-club-barracker-gerry-gee-special-boxed-1960s
