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Paul and Mark Hamon with Father Christmas, Adelaide, December 1978

15 / 52 PH-1978-001 December 1978 · Adelaide, South Australia
Six-year-old Paul Hamon in a grey shirt and nearly three-year-old Mark Hamon in a blue patterned shirt stand smiling with Father Christmas against a colourful festive backdrop, Adelaide, December 1978. Digitally restored version.

Restored2366 × 1824 Source type: edited using generative AI

Six-year-old Paul Hamon in a grey shirt and nearly three-year-old Mark Hamon in a blue patterned shirt stand smiling with Father Christmas against a colourful festive backdrop, Adelaide, December 1978. Original print.

Original428 × 330 Source type: digitised from print

Six-year-old Paul Hamon and his nearly three-year-old brother Mark Hamon stand with Father Christmas in Adelaide, December 1978. Paul wears a light grey short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers; Mark wears a light blue patterned short-sleeved shirt. The colourful festive backdrop features stars, a rainbow arch and castle motifs typical of department-store Santa visits of the era. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The original print has been cleaned, colour-corrected and upscaled with generative AI while preserving the original expressions and composition.

Subjects
Paul Hamon; Mark Hamon; Father Christmas
Event
Meeting Father Christmas
Photographer
Howard Hamon
Restoration notes
Colour correction, cleaning, and upscaling performed with generative AI. Composition and expressions preserved from original.
Credit
Photograph by Howard Hamon. Author’s collection.
Rights
© Howard Hamon / Hamon family collection. All rights reserved.
Keywords
Hamon family Adelaide, Paul Hamon 1978, Mark Hamon, Father Christmas Adelaide, Santa visit 1970s, Australian childhood photo, Howard Hamon photographer, December 1978 Adelaide