#Transistor radio 1960s portable

The dioramas were purchased at Old City Panache in Nanaimo. “So somebody in Victoria knows the story.” “The legend is someone knew someone who made these things in Victoria,” he said. Unfortunately, Shier has no idea who made them. But, when you look closer, you realize they must have been done by an artist, because they are far too complex and nuanced. When you first look at the dioramas, you guess they were done by a teenaged Beatles fan. It comes with a tiny sink that has plumbing, a fireplace mantle decorated in a psychedelic floral motif, and tiny replicas of Heinz ketchup, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, and Tide detergent on a shelf. It looks like they are all hand-made, perhaps out of plasticine.

#Transistor radio 1960s portable

Across the room is a portable record player with two speakers. The fan has written “Beatlemaniacs of the world unite” and “Paul Forever” on her window, and has a Beatles toy guitar by her bed, beside her transistor radio. One is a Summer, 1964 Datebook cover, which was a Beatles magazine. The magazine covers - there appear to be 16 - are probably from subscription ads. This means the image was probably clipped from one of those old record club ads, where you got a bunch of records for cheap to entice you to order LPs at a regular price for a year. It isn’t the actual album cover, but rather an ad for a single from the album, Yellow Submarine and Eleanor Rigby. There are also a bunch of tiny clippings leaning against the wall that represent the girl’s record and magazine collection, with the Beatles 1966 album Revolver in front. Records and magazines in the Beatles diorama were probably cut out of magazines with an exacto knife. Clipping them out would have taken great care and time.

But they are so small they must have come from the contents listing page, where they would have been reduced to entice readers to venture into the actual story (and bigger photos) inside. Both the pillow and blanket also feature a hand-stitched red heart, for love.Ī guess is that the photos were all clipped out of Beatles magazines. There seems to be 35 photos and posters, but there might be more hidden behind the furniture, which includes a miniature bed with a miniature hand-stitched “Beatles 4 Ever” blanket and a “Paul I Luv U Ya! Ya! Ya!” pillow. The girl’s room is filled with itsy-bitsy photos of the early, suit-wearing Beatles on the walls and the door, including a miniature poster of their appearance at the London Palladium in 1963. You can guess at the time they were created by the tiny images inside. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.Vancouver Sun Run: Sign up & event info.