Stephens, May, active 1906-1915

Date: 1900 - 1930

By: Wilson, R Lois (Mrs), active 1990; Stephens, May, active 1906-1915

Reference: Eph-POSTCARD-Stephens

Description: A variety of postcards on various themes. These cards were donated at the same time as the album at Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-1. Quantity: 100 postcards. Physical Description: Photolithographs approximately 89 x 139 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs R L Wilson in 1982.

Date: 1905 - 1916

By: Wilson, R Lois (Mrs), active 1990; Stephens, May, active 1906-1915

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-vol-1

Description: Inscriptions: Album page - centre - (On front flyleaf): May Stephens; a present on her birthday, 27 May 1909. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photoalbum with green cover and pages, 132 numbered pages 345 x 200 mm.

Date: 1914 - 1917

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by May Stephens. ca 1905-1915].

By: Wilson, R Lois (Mrs), active 1990; Stephens, May, active 1906-1915

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-vol-1-034-3

Description: Photographic postcard shows a posed group photograph of 19 soldiers in their dormitory. Camp beds, bags and bedding are shown. SOme are smoking pipes or cigarettes. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Letter from May to Redge, dated 21 March 1917, from Piko Piko]. Quantity: 1 photograph(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photograph, 88 x 139 mm.

Date: 1905 - 1916

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by May Stephens. ca 1905-1915].

By: Wilson, R Lois (Mrs), active 1990; Stephens, May, active 1906-1915

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-vol-1-062

Description: Shows two men trying to get one man's pair of trousers out of the mouth of a donkey on a beach. Text is below image, with the words "At Wellington" printed in a different ink. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Letter from G Mills, undated]. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph 89 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs R L Wilson in 1982.

Date: 1905 - 1910

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by May Stephens. ca 1905-1915].

By: Wilson, R Lois (Mrs), active 1990; Stephens, May, active 1906-1915

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-1-110-2

Description: Shows an embossed heart-shaped wreath of blue and white flowers, with text in gold. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Letter to May from Alice, her cousin]. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured, 90 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs R L Wilson in 1982.

Date: 1910 - 1912

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by May Stephens. ca 1905-1915].

By: Wilson, R Lois (Mrs), active 1990; Stephens, May, active 1906-1915

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-1-110-1

Description: Shows the harp of Erin and a bunch of three-leafed shamrocks tied with a red ribbon. The poem is a song to Eire or Ireland. National series postcard, made in Great Britain. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Letter to May Stephens at Marton or Petone, from Les Hankin, at Mount View near Wanganui, February 10th 1912] Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 90 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs R L Wilson in 1982.

Date: 1917

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by May Stephens. ca 1905-1915].

By: Wilson, R Lois (Mrs), active 1990; Stephens, May, active 1906-1915

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-vol-1-018

Description: Shows steamship with two funnels, flying a P & O flag. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Letter from May to Redge, dated 21 March 1917, from Piko Piko]. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 89 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs R L Wilson in 1982.

Date: 1905 - 1910

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by May Stephens. ca 1905-1915].

By: Wilson, R Lois (Mrs), active 1990; Stephens, May, active 1906-1915

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-1-111-1

Description: Shows a parrot of flocked medium, pasted to a background scene of a perch on a branch. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Letter to Mrs E Bowater from Ned] Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph and collage, coloured, 140 x 90 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs R L Wilson in 1982.

Date: 1907

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by May Stephens. ca 1905-1915].

By: Wilson, R Lois (Mrs), active 1990; Stephens, May, active 1906-1915; Dutch & Bull (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-1-051-2

Description: Shows a queue lined up to enter the Katzenjammer amusement castle, or side show. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Letter from Rene, to May Bowater: Dear May, This is where we are going tonight. We went to the Ex this morning and it is lovely. We are having a glorious time and the weather is just perfect. Hope you like this P.C. If you were in the castle you would laugh. Love from Rene. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph 89 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs R L Wilson in 1982.

Date: 1910 - 1912

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by May Stephens. ca 1905-1915].

By: Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm); Stephens, May, active 1906-1915

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-1-72

Description: Coloured photograph shows two Maori girls on the bank in the right foreground, watching a tourist steamer negotiating rough water on the Wanganui River. There are scrub-covered hills behind. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Letter from J. F. in Marton, to May, dated 2 January 1912. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 89 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs R L Wilson in 1982.

Date: 1905 - 1910

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by May Stephens. ca 1905-1915].

By: Wilson, R Lois (Mrs), active 1990; Stephens, May, active 1906-1915

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-1-111-2

Description: Shows a turkey of flocked medium, pasted to a background scene of a field. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - [Letter to May Stephens from Ned] Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph and collage, coloured, 140 x 90 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs R L Wilson in 1982.

Date: 1907 - 1909

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by May Stephens. ca 1905-1915].

By: Wilson, R Lois (Mrs), active 1990; Stephens, May, active 1906-1915; Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm); Watkinson, Arthur Edgar, 1882-1918

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-1-111

Description: Shows, in an oval inset, a head and shoulders portrait of Webb, with arms folded, wearing white singlet with the initials NZ and a silver fern. Beneath inset is a pair of oars and a cup trophy, and there are fern leaves arranged around the top. Exhibited in ‘Humble: the life of 100 small objects’, exhibition curated by Barbara Lyon, in the Turnbull Gallery, National Library of New Zealand, 27 August - 17 November 2017. Inscriptions: Verso - centre left - [Letter to May from Aunt Nettie Bowater in Kaitoke, Wanganui, dated 27 February 1908]. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, black and white, 140 x 90 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs R L Wilson in 1982.

Date: 1915 - 1917

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by May Stephens. ca 1905-1915].

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-1-036-03

Description: Photograph on the front of the postcard shows a group of eight soldiers in two rows outside their tent. On either side, four rifles are standing to make a pyramid shape with a lemon-squeezer hat balanced on the top of each "pyramid". There are other tents in the background. The handwriting on the verso indicates that the card was written in New Zealand, by J Stephens in the 13 Platoon, 35th Reserves [?]: "Dear May, I am dropping a few lines to say we are bound for Featherston tomorrow morning, hence my new address [given above]. Please send up Alice's address it might come in handy up there. We are busy packing up now. Coming out on final leave on the 19th of this month. We might get leave next weekend. How are things at home. With best love to all from Jack (I suppose you can pick the mugs)". Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photograph on postcard 141 x 85 mm.

Date: 1916

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by May Stephens. ca 1905-1915].

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-1-033-1

Description: Photograph on the front of the postcard shows three soldiers in the uniform of the first World War. The man in the centre is seated and is flanked by two standing men. The handwriting on the verso indicates that the card was written in Zeitoun on February 19th 1916, and says: "Dear May, I received your letter allright and I still have the cushion which you gave me. I would not part with it. The chap in the photograph is Bob Randle. Has Alice picked up any new soldiers yet. I remain your cousin, A H Caines" Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photograph on postcard 141 x 90 mm.

Date: 1905 - 1916

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by May Stephens. ca 1905-1915].

By: Fergusson Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-1-031-2

Description: Postcard shows a general view of the bowling green and clubhouse at the Remuera Bowling Club, with its "RBC" flag flying from a pole on the roof. The card was sent to Miss M Stephens, care of C M Banks on Thorndon Quay, [Wellington] City. The writer, Jack, was one of a team which had lost a championship to Johnsonville 4-2 the previous Saturday. Because of the address ("City"), it appears he was writing from Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph 89 x 140 mm.