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Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
- Date
- 1950 - 1960
- By
- Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988
- Reference
- A-386/388
- Description
The majority of Tom Mayne's cartoons are concerned with the day-to-day events for ordinary Christchurch people in the 1950s and 1960s. Many are about the vagaries of the seasons, the hot weather, summer holidays, grumpy farmers, the cost of living, the relief of sending the kids back to school, wives being annoyed with lazy husbands, the excitement of the Springbok Tour of 1956, duckshooting, the miseries and delights of men avoiding gardening chores, men in sheds. Many deal with local body politics, road rules and traffic problems.
A smaller number of the cartoons deal with larger New Zealand political issues like the 1957 Labour 'black budget' of Nash and Nordmeyer and the effect the taxes had on working people. There are a few cartoons dealing with wider world issues like the Cold War and the desire for peace.
Tom Mayne puts himself into several cartoons. He is seen in A-387-108; A-387-126; and A-387-134, as examples
There is also a small collection of ephemeral material, incomplete cartoons, a little watercolour of Momorangi Bay etc.
Arrangement: Those cartoons which are dated, are arranged by date; this group is numbered A-386-001/208. They start at -001 with a few second World War cartoons and then continue, grouped by year, from 1953 to 1960. Approximately half of the cartoons are not dated and so are arranged in groups. The first group consists of 78 sports cartoons; these are numbered A-387-001/078. The next group is 'Mayne Topics' which are a single cartoon with three or four small vignettes of topical interest; these are numbered A-387-079/123. The remainder of the cartoons are arranged by topic more or less alphabetically; ie. advertising, agriculture etc.
In 1954 Tom Mayne was invited by what was then called the Christchurch Star Sun to submit four cartoons a week with the proviso that only one or two might be used. He found his forte drawing sports cartoons, especially rugby, and began doing a full front page cartoon in the Saturday Sports edition of the newspaper.
Quantity: 490 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink, crayon, pencil and letratone on paper, sizes approximately 200 x 250 mm.
Provenance: Donated by Mrs Margaret Mayne, his widow.
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- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 490 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Caricatures, Ink, crayon, pencil and letratone on paper, sizes approximately 200 x 250 mm.
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Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :"Just let the wife even suggest camping at the beach ...
Date: 1955
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-386-010
Description: Shows two returned servicemen sitting on a beach in New Zealand. As one of the men angrily removes sand from his shoe, they think back to their time serving in the Egyptian desert during World War Two. In Egypt, the same man removed sand from his army boot and vowed never to go to the beach again Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Tom Mayne [in ink]; Recto - above image - "Star-Sun" Jan 15. 1955 [in ink]; Recto - beneath image - From Tom Mayne, 901 Ferry Rd, 13th Jan '55 [in blue coloured pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash and blue coloured pencil, on card 235 x 286 mm
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :A correspondent decries the town hall site controvers...
Date: 1950 - 1960
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-387-172
Description: Shows six frames. Under the title, text reads 'I think, what this lady really has in mind is a 'Helicopter hall'. The first frame shows the Christchurch town hall with a helicopter rotor on its roof. The cartoonist suggests it could also serve as a temporary railway station. The second frame suggests the 'Helicopter hall' could serve as a new Supreme Court. The next frame shows the hall acting as a 'stand-in stand' at Lancaster Park, while one of the stands is being rebuilt. The fourth frame pictures the cartoonist looking up at the 'Helicopter hall' and text reads 'We could use it as a combination bus shelter and telephone box at our corner.' In the fifth frame, the hall serves as a roof for the Centennial Pool, and in the final frame, it serves as a breakwater wall, bathing shed and Saturday trading post in Sumner Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 255 x 280 mm
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :"Our float didn't." [1950s-1960s]
Date: 1950 - 1969
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-387-180
Description: Shows a man and a woman standing waist-deep in a river after their carnival float sunk. Text at the top of the cartoon reads, 'Early entries of decorated floats received for November river carnival. (This seems to promise some jolly good 'clean' fun!)' Cartoon is very similar to A-387-175 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and blue coloured pencil on card, 255 x 280 mm
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :We have had a great summer here in Christchurch. Over...
Date: 1950 - 1969
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-387-198-2
Description: Shows two frames. In the first frame, people are boating and swimming on a sunny summer's day in Christchurch. The second frame shows people using boats to travel through the flooded streets of Upper Hutt Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and blue coloured pencil on card, 235 x 290 mm
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :The Mayne parking problems. [1950s-1960s]
Date: 1950 - 1969
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-388-026
Description: Contains three frames. The first frame is titled 'A correspondent suggests parking under Cranmer Square.' Two men are sitting in the Square and one says to the other, 'Can't hear a word you're sayin' for those darned cars below.' The second frame is titled 'Pigeon-hole parking.' It shows a man looking up at a parking building and saying, 'Crikey! I've pigeon-holed the wife!' His wife is trapped in one of the parking spaces near the top of the building. The final frame reads 'Cars seem to be getting longer and longer. So that now, if you're double parked, you risk being double 'pinched'!' It shows a man receiving two parking tickets because there is a traffic officer at both ends of his long car Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 255 x 280 mm
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :"I said we felt we had to erect one to the person who...
Date: 1950 - 1969
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-388-041
Description: Shows two men installing a memorial to housewives on Memorial Avenue in Christchurch. The memorial is a statue of a woman wearing an apron and headscarf and holding a vacuum cleaner, duster and broom. The road is closed while road works take place. Heavy machinery is creating noise and smoke Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon, blue coloured pencil and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :"I told you it was too nice a day to go to the beach....
Date: 1950 - 1969
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-388-032
Description: Shows a family in a traffic jam on Main North Road in Christchurch. The cars are at a complete standstill and everyone in them is frowning Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and blue coloured pencil on card, 255 x 280 mm
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :Marshland Road. [1950s-1960s]
Date: 1950 - 1969
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-388-025
Description: Shows cars driving along an extremely bumpy road. A sign reads 'Marshland Road' but a man is painting letters on the end so it says 'Marshland Roadeo'. The bumps in the road have caused one driver to rise out of his seat and burst through the roof of his car. Another signs reads 'Straight on to Belfast' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on card, 255 x 280 mm
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 : So many planes we've seen land there, the short and ...
Date: 1955
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-386-056
Description: Shows five different aeroplanes and one flying saucer flying above Christchurch (Harewood) airport The words '"Planes", No. 150' are written in blue coloured pencil on the back of the cartoon Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :"Aw don't bother about those pieces Mary. They're onl...
Date: 1955
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-386-069
Description: Shows a family collecting boulders from a hillside. The father is climbing the hillside and using a pickaxe, and his wife and their children are loading the boulders into their car. A road sign reads 'Berlins'. Refers to the discovery of uranium deposits in the Buller Gorge in 1955 The words '15 Nov 1955, "Radio Active", No. 170' are written in blue coloured pencil on the back of the cartoon Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm