Aulsebrooks & Company

Date: 1957

From: Turnbull Library Pictures: Original photographic prints and postcards from the File Prints Collection

Reference: PAColl-10563-005-28

Description: Aulsebrook's biscuit factory at Mount Roskill was built to the design of architects Marshall and Trengrove of Christchurch. No contractor was employed as the company hired its own labour which worked under the direction of a building supervisor. Inscriptions read "Photo - Free Lance Collection and was published 27 September 1951, page 31. No negative". Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1954 - 1980

By: New Zealand. Government Life Insurance Office

Reference: Eph-F-INSURANCE-Megget

Description: Cards distributed by Government Life Insurance representative and professional life underwriter Ronald Megget, annotated and changed by his clients, and collected by Mr Megget the following year. Cards show Mr Megget transformed into grotesque characters or celebrities of the day, and include his incarnations as: Undated: Judge Wrong Megget S M; Collage 1954: Neanderthal Man 5000 BC; [Balding with moustache]; [As woman with auburn curls]; After R C Megget; [As grimacing Maori with moko]; [With bib]; [With buck teeth]; [With sideburns] 1959: [As pirate]; R C Maggot [Bearded with long hair]; [With beard moustache and glasses] 1962: Rough Diamond Castro Megget [as Fidel Castro]; [In purdah]; [With slight alteration]; [As a Gestapo officer]; 'Sahib Legit' [with turban]; [With brush moustache]; [With monacle and cigar]; R Claudius Megget [With toga and laurel crown]; "Billy Bunter" R C Megget [With schoolboy cap, blazer and glasses]; Legit VIII, 1491-1547 [in Henry VIII costume]; Marilyn Megget [with long hair]; [In blackface]; [As a monk]; [bald with long beard]; [As airman with goggles]; [With cigar]; Charlie Megget [as Charlie Chaplin]; Lucifer Legit; [As eskimo]; [As Father Christmas] 1963: Ruby Cyanide megget [woman]; Tut Megget [as Tutankhamen]; Ginserg [sic] Maggot [as Allen Ginsberg]; [As a hairy Neanderthal creature]; R Cleopatra Megget; Cpt R C Megget, purple heart and bar, first astronaut insurance agent; Breakfast at Meggets [as Holly Golightly]; "Acker" R C Megget [as Acker Bilk]; Randy C Megget [girls with bouffant hair style] 1964: R C Megget [as Maori chief]; Cardinal R C Megget; Vote R C Maggot; [In bowler hat and moustache 1965: R C Megget [with cigar] 1966: R C Meths Megget [cross-eyed]; R C Megget [As Batman - "Holy Barracuda!!!"]; [With severe tonsure] 1968: D.J. Geronimo [NZBC announcer] 1970: Republic Equador Post. El President Ron Megget. One peso [perforated edges cut]; Farmstrong Meggetslomaniak low if under it as Ma ran into N.Z. [woman with scar]; Ron Megget BA Oxon failed [long hair and glasses]; Zapomoron Meggetopoulosta fell under in an insitute of Z. Go men life off; Our hero Ron 'Baby' [with flying goggles and moustache]. 1971: Oil Megget of Arabia 1972: Ron Megget [as cleric with halo]; President Idi Amegget [Amin], Fellow, Asian Eradication Service, Diploma in how to win friends and influence people ... Telephone 43-813 Kampala; The Megget of Id [cartoon king from comic strip the Wizard of Id]; St Ron Megget, God's bloodhound of justice [as cleric with halo]; Marcus Meggot, M.D. [after television series "Marcus Welby M.D."]; Eric the Megget [Viking]; Ron Megget [with white hair]; Ron Megget [as cartoon scarfaced baddie] 1973: Ron Megget [white hair, glasses and cigar]; Whiz Megget [cartoon clown]; Attila the Megget; Ron Megget [plain]; Heil Megget [as Hitler] 1974: Retired Megget [balded, glasses, moustache]; Ron Megget [plain - 2 copies]; Carmen megget [as transvestite Carmen]; Ena Megget [as Ena Sharples, TV series "Coronation Street" character]; Tricky Megget [as United States president Richard 'Tricky Dicky' Nixon]; Baron Megget von Richoften [with helmet and monocle]; Golda Meirggett [as Israeli leader Golda Meir] 1975: Carmon [ie Carman] Megget, Carmon's Coffee House, call anytime [with makeup and flowery shirt]; Ron Megget before he started selling insurance [thin and miserable]; The 'Real' Ron Megget or 'Hot Potato' Megget [with red face]; Kapiti Island swimmer [with beach towel and floral swimming trunks]; Ron Megget [plain - 2 copies] 1976: Sir Francis Drag [with tight curls, moustache, beard]; Ex-Con Megget [hat pulled down, dark glasses, cigar]; Rona Megget [grey-haired woman]; Ron Meggaton [bomb]; Ron Megget [plain] 1977: Iron Nugget, Diamond pin award and nickel needle and tin plate; Rob Megget [with Robert Muldoon's face]; Ron Megget [plain] 1978: R D Megget [with Robert Muldoon's face]; Ron Megget [Plain - 2 copies] 1980: Con Megget, diplomat Insurance Institute of NZ ... Kahu mahanga memorial handshake, Diamond Pill award; Ron Megget, the ghost who sells insurance [Batman?]; Ron Megget [Plain - 2 copies] The cards are housed in an Aulsebrooks El-Dorado chocolate assortment box, ca 1970s. Quantity: 102 cards. Physical Description: Photolithographs and holographs on cards, sizes varying up to 132 x 70 mm.

Date: 1882 - 1889

By: Aulsebrooks & Company; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-FOOD-1880s-01

Description: Biscuit tin label shows the recto and verso of a medal awarded to the Aulsebrook Company for excellence in food manufacture. The medals are surrounded by a wreath of wheat ears. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Colour lithograph, 222 x 232 mm.

Date: 1932-1936

From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection

Reference: 91-147-3/13

Description: Comprises accounts, receipts, and letters to the OngaOnga Horticultural Society, from 1932 to 1936, some undated. 1932 Onga Onga Public Hall, receipt for hall hire from McFarlane (1932) J Lowry [?] receipt for advertising (1932) Telegram from A E Jull, Parliament Buildings, re patronage (1932) 1933 Onga Onga Public Hall receipt from secretary McFarlane W J Yardley Onga Onga storekeeper for icecream, butter, tomato Coles Bros. Onga Onga - account for nails, paper Two accounts L W Simpson & Son Onga Onga and Tikokino CH Critchley Waipawa Mail - account for award cards, tickets Ben Gray letter re donation J Gibbs Dannevirke Nurseryman letter re judging cut flowers Dalgetys turning down offer to donate anything due to "the conditions through which the Dominion is passing" Aulsebrook & Co donation of box of chocolates W J Crouch of Farmers Trading Co offering donation Arthur Yates Seeds, donation of coupons J N Anderson & Sons, Napier Nursery re judging at show Bryant & Co, Waipawa Drapers, donation 1934 Onga Onga Public Hall, receipt from Secretary McFarlane Walker & Hall - supplying cups, accounts attached House of Representatives - donation from Mr Jull Mrs A Mackie of Haumoana - donation W Holden of Forest Gate - donation Thomas Williams of Waipawa- re sale of cups F B Curd [?] of Waipukurau - unable to accept offer to judge Farmers Trading Company - donation L Hawke & Co electricians Waipukurau - donation Williams & Kettle Waipawa - donation of trophy Aulsebrook & Co Christchurch - donation of chocolates as prize DH Edwards Menswear Waipawa - donation of store order Arthur Yates & Co Auckland - donation of coupons Ben Gray of Waipawa - donation Hawkes Bay Farmers Co-op Waipukurau - donation Bryant & Co Ltd Waipawa - donation of trophy, receipt also DA Preston Waipawa carriers - account and receipt for cartage CH Critchley Waipawa Mail - account for tickets, awards Coles Bros Onga Onga - account/receipt for paper, timber, cleaning hall L W Simpson & Son Onga Onga receipt Tiko Drapers - two accounts for butter tea, ham, pins etc HE Muncaster Waipukurau jeweller - receipt 1935 D Holden of Forest Gate, Onga Onga, donation W J Yardley, Onga storekeeper, account for icecream/paper Ben Gray, donation Williams & Kettle, donation of trophy Bryant & Co, Waipawa, letter and receipt re donation of goods to value of 10/- Arthur Yates & Co seeds, donation of coupons Farmers Trading Co, donation of goods to value 10s 6d Aulsebrooks & Co, donation of box of chocolates Gibbs Nurseries, re judging M Hunt, Waipawa, re invitation to judge Hawkes Bay Farmer Co-op, donation DH Edwards, Waipawa Mens & Boyswear, donation L Hawke & Co, Waipukurau electricians, donation CH Critchley of Waipawa Mail - account for award cards, tickets L W Simpson & Son Drapery of Onga Onga and Tikikino - three page account Coles Bros Onga Onga - account and receipt for nails, paper, and cleaning up hall after show Walker & Hall - account for engraving and one for goods W J Yardley Onga storekeeper - account and receipt for stationary and icecream HE Muncaster Waipukurau jewellers - account/receipt for engraving 1936 Onga Onga Town Hall receipt from Secretary, McFarlane S O Garland & Son Hastings jewellers - engraving Undated M White, Whenuaroa, letter re being elected vice president of Onga Onga Horticultural Society List of donations from named members of the Onga Onga community Receipt for J Tierny re advertising for Horticultural Society Two undated accounts from Bryant & Co (Grocers) for cooked hams Receipt from Miss M Cole for seven pounds paid to her by the Horticultural Society. Title transcribed from note on original enclosure. Detailed scope and contents list taken from the donor's inventory. Arrangement: Delivered to the Library in an envelope labelled "Onga Onga Horticultural Society accounts/letters". Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1939-1940]

From: Meikle, John Edward, 1914-1994: Papers and photographs

Reference: 1/4-128724

Description: Black and white original photographic negative. Depicts interior of a building with cases and a set of scales on a table. Cases include branded labels "Aulsebrook's Fairy Cake biscuits", "Aulsebrook's Westland Cake Biscuits", and "Aulsebrook's Butter Cracker Biscuits". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic film negative.

Date: 1964

From: Jack's Milk Bar: [Invoices and receipts sent to Jack's Milk Bar. 1962-1964]

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-Jacks-1964

Description: Includes representative samples of invoices sent to Jack's Milk Bar in 1963 by the following suppliers of foodstuffs and merchandise: Aulsebrook & Co. Ltd; biscuit, chocolate, confectionery manufacturers. PO Box 306 Wellington Cadbury Fry Hudson Ltd. PO Box 6038 Wellington Central Bottlers Limited. 1 Jackson Street, Petone (Coca-Cola Export Corporation invoice overstamped with Central Bottlers Limited) (2 copies) Denhard Bakeries Ltd; manufacturers and distributors of Tip-Top bread. 200 Adelaide Road, Wellington Frosty Jack Ice Cream Ltd. Peel Street, Petone (Green paper) George Christophersen Ltd; small goods manufacturers, bacon and ham distributors. 3 Newtown Ave, Wellington (2 copies: 1 yellow, 1 white) Griffin & Sons Limited, biscuit & confectionery manufacturers. Wainui Road, Lower Hutt Hygienic Laundry Ltd; Hygienic Towel Supply Ltd. Ferguson Street, S.1. [for delivery of towel rolls] (2 copies) ‘Jax’ Pies Ltd, Wellington largest wholesale suppliers to shops, cafeterias, milk bars, hotels and special functions. Main Road Johnsonville (2 copies) K.D. Bakery. [Wellington?] Mackintosh Caley (New Zealand) Limited, 20-22 Egmont Street Wellington Municipal Electricity Department, Wellington Nestlé Company (New Zealand) Limited. 103 Ghuznee Street, Wellington N.Z. Distributors Ltd, 37-39 Albert Street, Auckland (2 copies) Regina Confections Ltd; chocolate and confectionery manufacturers. Thames Highway, Oamaru Renown Services (Wellington) Ltd. Johnsonville Road, Wellington [for purchase of refrigerator cabinet] Schweppes (N.Z.) Limited. Hutt Park Road, Lower Hutt Sentinel Newspapers Ltd, 257 Coutts Street, Rongotai Simpson-Kane Refrigeration Ltd. Showroom 142 Willis Street, Wellington; workshop 66 Vivian Street Sportsweek (1955) Limited, distributors of Sportsweek, Friday Flash. 25 Marion Street Wellington State Fire and Accident Insurance Office. Cnr Lambton Quay and Waring-Taylor Street Thomson, Lewis & Co. Ltd, carbonated water and cordial manufacturers, Tory & College Streets, Wellington Tiki Bacon Company (The Manawatu Meat & Cold Storage Co. Ltd, prop.). Wellington & Palmerston North (2 copies) Tip-Top Ice Cream Co. (Wellington) Ltd, Johnsonville Road, Johnsonville Toop & Neilson Ltd, general merchants [of] tea & coffee, fancy goods, household hardware, confectionery. 2-12 Allen Street Wellington Wellington City Corporation Milk Department. PO Box 6108, Te Aro Wellington City Corporation Electricity Department. 40 Cuba Street, Wellington Wellington Publishing Company Ltd. Mercer Street, Wellington Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and holograph, sizes varying up to 300 mm.

Date: 1920 - 1969

From: [Posters and advertising ephemera purchased 2016 at Art + Object. 1910-1960]

By: Griffin's (Firm); Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-FOOD-Whitcombe-1

Description: Includes: 1. Aulsebrook's butter cracker biscuits (Small label) 2. Aulsebrook's cherry smack. Christchurch N.Z. (Horizontal diamond shape) 3. Griffins chocolate butter scotch bon bons, made in sunny Nelson 4. Griffins sampler best assorted biscuits 5. Island Candy Fruit Co Ltd. Sundipt artificially coloured artificially flavoured Italian maraschino cherries. 6 oz net (sheet of four) 6. S Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Nelson. 'K' baked beans flavoured with pork and tomato sauce. Net weight 11 oz. / W&T Ltd (2 copies) 7. S Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Nelson. 'K' apricot fresh fruit jam. 1 lb net. (small label) 8. S Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Nelson. 'K' blackcurrant fresh fruit jam. 1 lb net. (small label) 9. S Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Nelson. 'K' cape gooseberry fresh fruit jam. 1 lb net. (small label) 10. S Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Nelson. 'K' peach fresh fruit jam. 1 lb net. (small label) 11. S Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Nelson. Fresh fruit 'K' jam. Gooseberry. Net weight 1 lb 12 ozs. 12. S Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Nelson. 'K' raspberry fresh fruit jam. 1 lb net.(small label) 13. S Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Nelson. 'K' green peas. 11 ozs / W & T Ltd. (3 copies) 14. S Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Nelson. 'K' spaghetti flavoured with cheese. Net weight 11 oz. / W&T Ltd 15. S Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Nelson. 'K' tomato puree (for soup making, etc). Nett weight 1 lb 13 ozs / W&T Ltd 16. S Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Nelson. 'K' tomato soup (concentrated). Net weight 1 lb 6 oz. [Red and yellow version] 17. S Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Nelson. 'K' tomato soup (concentrated). 1 lb 6 oz nett. [Blue and yellow version] 18. S Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Nelson. 'K' tomatoes (solid pack) / Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 19. S Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Nelson. Kirkpatrick's 'K' dessert pears, Nelson, N.Z. 1 lb net. 20. N.Z. Cereal Food Coy. Ltd, Christchurch. "Ex-L-O" crispette, the delicious breakfast food [1920s?] (3 copies) 21. Peel Products Ltd, Rangiora. St Clements pear ginger. 1 lb net (Sheet of seven) 22. Swift. Springhill concentrated tomato soup, packed by Swift New Zealand Company Limited, Wairoa Hawkes Bay. Net weight 16 ozs [Yellow and red version] (2 copies) 23. Swift. Concentrated vegetable soup, packed by Swift New Zealand Company Limited, Wairoa Hawkes Bay. Net weight 16 ozs 24. Swift. Macaroni and meat croquettes with tomato sauce. Net weight 15 ozs. (2 copies) 25. Swift. Spaghetti and meat croquettes with tomato sauce. Net weight 16 ozs. (2 copies) 26. Swift. Springhill concentrated tomato soup, packed by Swift New Zealand Company Limited, Wairoa Hawkes Bay. Net weight 16 ozs [Green and red version] (4 copies) 27. Watties pure fruit drink. Grapefruit fruit drink. Wheeny. (5 copies) "Ex-L-O" Crispette was advertised in Auckland Star, 18 March 1922, page 11 Quantity: 27 colour photo-mechanical print(s) plus some duplicates. Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 330 mm. Provenance: Likely to be from Ferrymead Printing Society, along with other lots purchased at the same time (eg lot 407).

Date: 1920 - 1959

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; Aulsebrooks & Company

Reference: Eph-C-FOOD-Whitcombe-1

Description: Includes: 1.Aulsebrooks cocoanut biscuits. Aulsebrook & Co. Ltd factories at Christchurch and Auckland, N.Z. (2 copies of double image, perhaps used on sides of biscuit tin) 2. Mayfair fine chocolates. Printed by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 3. Aulsebrooks biscuits. Aulsebrook & Co. Ltd, Christchurch (draughthorses harvesting wheat). Probably label from side of biscuit tin (2 copies) 3a. Aulsebrooks biscuits. Aulsebrook & Co. Ltd, Christchurch (draughthorses harvesting wheat). Slightly differing version - older? 4. Aulsebrook's famed gingernuts. Probably label from side of biscuit tin 5. Aulsebrook's Centennial chocolate biscuits, half coated. [1940? Probably label from side of biscuit tin] 6. Aulsebrooks packet biscuits. Aulsebrook & Co Ltd, factories at Christchurch & Auckland. N.Z. Probably label from side of biscuit tin 7. Aulsebrook's cream cracker biscuits. Aulsebrook & Co. Ltd, New Zealand [Probably label from side of biscuit tin](2 copies) 8. Aulsebrooks famous biscuits. [Red version, with rice wafer, malt biscuit, ginger nut, milk arrowroot, tennis, cocoanut, [wheaten, salt cracker, cream sandwich](2 copies) 9. Aulsebrooks famous biscuits. [Blue version, with wheat flake, rice wafer, malt biscuit, ginger nut, milk arrowroot, tennis, cocoanut, [wheaten], Krispy, Butter wheat] 10. Aulsebrook's confectionery, Christchurch N.Z. O'My how nice!!! 11. Aulsebrook's chocolate varieties. Printed by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 12. Liquorice Allsorts Aulsebrook's (2 copies) 13. Liquorice Allsorts Aulsebrook & Co. (2 copies) 14. Aulsebrook's delightful chocolates [Mirror image] 15. Aulsebrooks milk chocolate. Aulsebrooks breakfast biscuits, light and crisp like toast; about fifty to the pound. 16. Aulsebrooks, the home of better biscuits, chocolates & confectionery [shows factory building] (2 copies) 17. Aulsebrooks famous biscuits; fame built on quality [wheatena, Graham wafer, vanilla wine, butter wheat, maltmeal wafer, milk arrowroot, gingernut, water, and Old King Cole] 18. Aulsebrook's butter cracker biscuits. 1/2 lb net 19. Aulsebrooks oven fresh sao cracker biscuits. Net weight when packed 1/2 lb. 20. Aulsebrooks midget cracker biscuits. Oven fresh keep crisp carton. Net weight when packed 1/2 lb (2 copies) 21. Aulsebrooks oven fresh cream cracker biscuits. Keep crisp carton. Net weight when packed 1/2 lb (2 copies) 22. Milk chocolate tiki bar. One penny. Quantity: 16 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithographs, sizes varying up to 550 mm. Provenance: Some previously from Ferrymead Printing Society, according to stamps on verso.

Date: 1981 - 1982

By: Aulsebrooks & Company

Reference: Eph-D-FOOD-Aulsebrooks-1982-01

Description: Shows a packet of iced animal biscuits, some biscuits on a plate, some stamped with their brand name, a glass of green drink with straw, a teddy bear, and some blocks. Exhibited in 'To market, to market' Exhibition of advertising and commercial ephemera from the Printed Ephemera Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library. First Floor foyer, National Library of New Zealand, 5 August - 16 September 1997. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 590 x 422 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 1982.

Date: 1981 - 1982

By: Aulsebrooks & Company

Reference: Eph-D-FOOD-Aulsebrooks-1982-07

Description: Shows a packet of Malt biscuits, with four biscuits lying in the foreground, showing their imprinted brand name. They rest on small mounds of cornflour, sugar and flour. There is a small bowl of malt in the right foreground. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 608 x 431 mm.

Date: 1981 - 1982

By: Aulsebrooks & Company

Reference: Eph-D-FOOD-Aulsebrooks-1982-05

Description: Shows a boy and girl eating arrowroot biscuits. The boy holds one with its brand name imprinted on it. At the bottom centre is an inset showing the biscuit packets of the milk arrowroot, and malted arrowroot biscuits. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 432 x 614 mm.

Date: 1940

From: [Food product advertising, up to around A3 size, printed mainly by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1920-1950s. Folder 1. Aulsebrooks]

Reference: Eph-C-FOOD-Whitcombe-1-10

Description: Advertisement for a line of confectionery shows a young girl looking at a colourful shop display of a selection of chocolates and sweets. She wears a panama hat. There is an art deco-style border top and bottom of the poster, which may have been a packaging label. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 222 x 298 mm. Provenance: Previously part of the Ferrymead Printing Society collection, as shown by stamp on verso.

Date: 1940 - 1959

From: [Food product advertising, up to around A3 size, printed mainly by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1920-1950s. Folder 1. Aulsebrooks]

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-FOOD-Whitcombe-1-09

Description: Poster or biscuit tin label shows a selection, on a blue background, of individual biscuits and biscuit packets. The individual biscuit types shown are: milk arrowroot, gingernut, tennis, malt, rice wafer, cocoanut, butter wheat, Krispy. The packets are: wheat flake biscuits and sao cracker. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 360 x 232 mm. Provenance: Previously from the collection of the Ferrymead Printing Society, as shown by the rubber stamp on the verso.

Date: 1940 - 1959

From: [Food product advertising, up to around A3 size, printed mainly by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1920-1950s. Folder 1. Aulsebrooks]

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-FOOD-Whitcombe-1-08

Description: Poster or biscuit tin label shows a selection, on a red background, of individual biscuits, including milk arrowroot, gingernut, tennis, malt, rice wafer, cocoanut, butter wheat, Sao cracker and sandwished biscuit. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 337 x 232 mm. Provenance: Previously from the collection of the Ferrymead Printing Society, as shown by the rubber stamp on the verso.

Date: 1930 - 1959

From: [Food product advertising, up to around A3 size, printed mainly by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1920-1950s. Folder 1. Aulsebrooks]

Reference: Eph-C-FOOD-Whitcombe-1-03

Description: Biscuit tin label shows a team of three draught horses putting a harvesting machine across a field of wheat. The smoke from a small fire rises in the right background behind a row of trees, and there is a range of hills in the distance. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 254 x 226 mm. Provenance: Previously part of the Ferrymead Printing Society collection.

Date: 1945 - 1960

From: [Food product advertising, up to around A3 size, printed mainly by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1920-1950s. Folder 1. Aulsebrooks]

Reference: Eph-C-FOOD-Whitcombe-1-22

Description: Advertisement for a line of confectionery shows an illustration of a brown carved Maori figure, possibly a tekoteko, against a silhouetted background of green bush and nikau palms, with a stretch of water and hills in the background. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 125 x 242 mm. Provenance: Previously part of the Ferrymead Printing Society collection.

Date: 1940 - 1959

From: [Food product advertising, up to around A3 size, printed mainly by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1920-1950s. Folder 1. Aulsebrooks]

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-FOOD-Whitcombe-1-07

Description: Poster or biscuit tin label shows an illustration of a dining table set with a white cloth, a vase of red flowers, a fruit bowl, cup and saucer, and a plate of Aulsebrook cream cracker biscuits, spilling out towards the foreground where they become large. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 253 x 224 mm. Provenance: Previously from the collection of the Ferrymead Printing Society, as shown by the rubber stamp on the verso.

Date: 1980 - 1989

From: [Posters displayed in Dowse "Food for thought " exhibition 1980s]

By: Aulsebrooks & Company

Reference: Eph-D-FOOD-Aulsebrooks-1982-09

Description: Poster promoting digestive biscuits shows a photograph of a packet of digestive biscuits, on a breakfast table with a newspaper and teapot. In the foreground are several loose biscuits, some of them in a toast rack, and two with eggs on top. One has a poached egg on top, the other a partly sliced hard-boiled egg.There is a cup of tea in the left foreground. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 368 x 593 mm.

Date: 1980 - 1989

From: [Posters displayed in Dowse "Food for thought " exhibition 1980s]

By: Aulsebrooks & Company

Reference: Eph-D-FOOD-Aulsebrooks-1982-06

Description: Poster promoting digestive biscuits shows a photograph of a packet of digestive biscuits, beside a banana leaf on which several loose biscuits are arranged. Three of the biscuits have specific toppings: Nutanana - a few chopped nuts and chips of chocolate on a banana mash Nica Slica - a few slices of banana, topped with raisins Cinnabanana - sliced banana sprinkled with cinnamon Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 600 x 420 mm.

Date: 1980 - 1989

From: [Posters displayed in Dowse "Food for thought " exhibition 1980s]

By: Aulsebrooks & Company

Reference: Eph-D-FOOD-Aulsebrooks-1982-08

Description: Poster promoting digestive biscuits shows a photograph of a packet of digestive biscuits, and in the foreground several loose biscuits, three of which have cheeses on them: grated cheese, camembert cheese and a Swiss (holed) cheese. There is a wedge of hard cheddar at the far right. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 368 x 693 mm.