tiabunna's photos with the keyword: doll

Back in August 2021 I posted some images of my Japanese geisha doll, given away as a promotional exercise with Minolta SR1 cameras back in the early 1960s - which was when I bought mine (see PiP). Over the years, Miss Minolta had lost her umbrella, but when she saw the images my lovely ipernity friend Pam J offered to make one for her. After various postage problems (covid related), the new umbrella arrived yesterday and both Miss Minolta and I are delighted and send Pam big huggss.

My first SLR camera, a Minolta SR-1 purchased new in the early 1960s. As a promotional gift, the camera came with a free Japanese geisha doll on a base with a Minolta plaque. It seems this must have been a very limited promotion, because I have been unable to find any other images of one of these dolls. A slightly late image for World Photography Day. Another image of the geisha doll in the clickable PiP.

As a promotional gift my first Minolta SR-1 camera, purchased new in the early 1960s, came with a free Japanese geisha doll with a Minolta plaque. It seems this must have been a very limited promotion, because I have been unable to find any other images of one of these dolls. She once had an umbrella, but that went with the years. A slightly late image for World Photography Day. Can anybody read Japanese? I'd love to know what is written on her bag. In the clickable PiP, the doll with the SR-1.

Long ago in the 1960s, when I purchased my first Minolta SR1, with it as a gift came a Japanese doll standing about 250mm high and "Minolta" on the base. Does anyone else remember these? When I was testing a SMC Pentax FA 100mm F2.8 Macro lens, it seemed an appropriate subject. Addendum: I now have included a note (at top right) showing a full image of the doll.