Coles “Puff the Magic Dragon” float, 1964 1964

POPE, Ivan

Registration number

1742754

Artist/maker

POPE, Ivan

Title

Coles “Puff the Magic Dragon” float, 1964

Production date

1964

Medium

card and slide transparency

Dimensions (H x W x D)

5 x 5 cm

Credit line

Donated by the photographer Ivan Pope, 2005
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Moomba, Parade, Float, Coles, 1960s,

Summary

Colour slide of the Coles Float "Puff the Magic Dragon" in the 1964 Moomba Parade. The trees behind it suggest that the photograph was taken at the end of the parade, when the floats gather the gardens on St Kilda Rd.