McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001:[Collection of newsprint clippings of illustrations and cartoons of sportsmen, gardening and political issues published in Southern Cross ca 1940-1959.]

Includes a collection of political cartoons from the 1940s as well as charicatures and drawings depicting various sportsmen who flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. The political cartoons refer to an electricity crisis as well as issues concerned with the Wellington City Council. In one of the Wellington cartoons the name MacAlister is mentioned. The sporting portraits feature speedway champion Percy Coleman and boxer Dave Sands, as well as wrestlers Lofty Blomfield, Earl McCready, and Bill Kuusisto. Includes a number of smaller illustrations, most of which feature gardening and its related materials.

Quantity: 19 newsclippings.

Physical Description: Newsclippings stuck onto paper and wallpaper, sizes vary.