Ephemera Diversion: 1944 Swimming Certificates

Part of a never-ending series of diversions, here is the first installment of Ephemera Diversion, an opportunity for me to share Australasian illustration work from yesteryear used in ephemeral products that will otherwise be consigned to landfills.

These certificates show the ornately designed records of achievement awarded to schoolchildren in New Zealand during 1940's. I like that each certificate has it's own design rather than utilising a singular design and different wording. When I was earning swimming certificates in the eighties we had tacky airbrushed laser printed jobs.

Michael Wise if you're still out there, I'd be happy to return these to you.