Cream

Date: 1945 - 1960

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to milk and its delivery and supply]

By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Council. Municipal Milk Department

Reference: Eph-A-MILK-1940/1950s-01

Description: Circular cardboard tops, used before the advent of metal foil tops. They were pushed down inside the bottle-rim. Each top shows the day of the week of the delivery. The milk tops are stamped in green ink, the cream tops in red ink. There are two green milk tops for each day of the week, except for Sunday when there are three. There are also red cream (40% double cream) tops, one for Friday, two for Saturday and one for Sunday. For an illustration of the use of these tops, see poster image at Eph-D-HEALTH-1940s-01. Quantity: 19 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Red or green relief prints, on circular cardboard, each 44 mm diameter.

Date: 1981

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-336-057

Description: Shows a solitary milk bottle containing two milk tokens in a night-time scene. Accompanied a letter to the editor of the Auckland Star. ????? Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card 200 x 160 mm Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1975

From: Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[27 original cartoons published in the Auckland Star between 1971 and 1978.]

Reference: A-130-029

Description: Cartoon accompanying a newspaper article titled "Milk prices" shows a housewife at the left, holding a bottle of milk from which the cream has been skimmed. At the right, Robert Muldoon walks away smiling with a jug titled "The cream". Other Titles - December 1975 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 170 x 232 mm.

Date: 2014

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0027144

Description: Cartoon shows a warped coffee cup labelled 'Fonterra's image' with a bottle of cream labelled 'E-coli scare' in the cup. The caption is 'The cream not wanted as topping...' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009623

Description: Shows Winston Peters as a fat cat getting cream from the Labour Party poured for him by Helen Clark's bandaged and wounded hand. While in the background a carton of National Party cream remain unopened. Refers to the relationship between Winston Peters and the major political parties. See DCDL-0009622 for colour version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1940 - 1943

Reference: C-160-002

Description: A statistical illustration of cream production, using a row of cream bottles, on which are written the production figures for the years 1919-1923 (576 pints), 1923-1927 (807,000 pints), 1927-1931 (824,000 pints), 1931-1935 (820,000 pints) and 1935-1939 (1,358,000 pints). The cardboard milk bottle tops show the words "W.C.C. Milk..." A pencilled note at far right gives the figures for 1939/1942 as 2,043,000 "based on 1942/43 continuing same as Apl/July". Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 355 x 604 mm. Provenance: Donated by John and Jenny Hunt, Levin, in 2002. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1870, PA-Group-0060 and PAColl-941..

Date: 2008

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0008640

Description: Shows three cats that represent the Maori Party, ACT and United Future. They are all in cabinet and all have their heads deep in their bowls of cream. Suggests a degree of self-interest in the coalition arrangements. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009622

Description: Shows Winston Peters as a fat cat getting cream from the Labour Party poured for him by Helen Clark's bandaged and wounded hand. While in the background a carton of National Party cream remain unopened. Refers to the relationship between Winston Peters and the major political parties. See DCDL-0009623 for black and white version. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: ca 1950s

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/2-030645-F

Description: Farm worker separating cream for butter production in the farm dairy. Undated photograph (possibly taken in the 1950s) by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

Date: 1908 - 1909

From: The New Zealand dairyfarmers' account book including cash book, journal, and instructions in book-keeping specially adapted to their requirements. Christchurch, Wellington and Dunedin N.Z.; Melbourne and London, Whitcombe and Tombs Limited [ca 1909].

Reference: Eph-B-DAIRY-INDUSTRY-1909-01-iii

Description: Advertisement for the Alfa-Laval cream separator shows at the top of the page a photograph of four cows in a paddock. Text elaborates on the merits of the Alfa-Laval separator and reproduces a testimonial letter from F R Cameron of Greenmeadows, dated 3rd March 1909. The sole New Zealand agent, Mason Struthers, has its head office in Christchurch and branches in Palmerston North, Auckland, Timaru, Dunedin and Invercargill. Extended Title - From New Zealand dairyfarmers' account book, 1909, preliminary page iii. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on page, 330 x 210 mm.

Date: 2006

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0002513

Description: A huge cat with the face of Finance Minister, Michael Cullen, smiles contentedly as it sits licking cream from a dish labelled '11.5b surplus'. Behind him sits a discontented rat who comments that the cat is eating the cream that belongs to the rats and so naturally he is contented. Refers to the government surplus, which many people think should be used to provide some tax cuts. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).