Cafés

Date: 1952

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[39 copies of cartoons from 'Lodge looks at Wellington', Nevile Lodge, 1952]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: H-727-022

Description: Shows seven scenes. In the first a man and a woman are standing at a tram stop looking angry as a full tram passes them by. In the second a man and a woman are sitting at a coffee shop table talking as other other customers are queuing up for seats. In the third a man is leaving a pub carrying a bag containing full flagons of beer as another man is going into the pub to get his empty flagon filled. In the fourth scene the Seatoun tram's overhead poles have become detached from the power lines. In the fifth scene a woman is walking along carrying several bags of shopping and a loaf of bread under one arm. In the sixth scene a woman is battling the wind as it blows her skirt up at the back while she holds it down at the front with one hand and holds her hat on with the other. In the final scene a parking warden disregards a diplomatic car parked on a no parking sign. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: 2 A4 size photocopies

Date: 1958

From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]

By: Harry H Tombs Ltd; Montmartre Coffee House (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1958-01

Description: Menu listing the main course every day for four weeks, from 1 November to 29 November 1958. The back page announces that paintings by John Stackhouse were on display at the time. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, navy on white, on folded card 210 x 130 mm.

Date: 2014

By: Death Ray Records

Reference: Eph-A-PHONO-2014-01

Description: Pamphlet advertising sound recordings sold at Death Ray Records in Newtown and gigs taking place at the Moon Bar (Dilfs, Hag, Freak Magnetic, Paddy Fred, Dreamville, Gooch, Existentilists [sic], Uncools, Invisible Threads, Reptilian Future Cops, Oscar Doorne, Jim Mitford-Taylor). It also advertises retail outlets and restaurants in Newtown: Bebemos (restaurant); Baobab Cafe, Cicio Cacio Osteria, Goose Shack, Tacquerias, Black Coffee; Monterey Bar; Moon Bar (formerly Bar Edward); Viva Mexico, The Ramen Bar Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on A4 sheet folded to 148 x 105 mm. Provenance: Donated in 2014.

Date: 1961

From: [Menus and restaurant ephemera of quarto size]

By: Orsini's (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-DINING-1961-01

Description: Cover for a menu from Orsini's Restaurant shows the name in bright pink cursive script. A border on two sides shows an overall pattern of wine glasses flasks, tables, chairs, cutlery and tableware. The inclusion of wine glasses and bottle on the border suggests a date of around 1961 when liquor laws were relaxed so as to allow alcohol to be served with food. Quantity: 1 folded cover. Physical Description: Screenprint on black textured paper, 318 x 253 mm. with black cord tie Provenance: From the papers of Tony Murray-Oliver, 1988.

Date: [ca 1990s]

From: Clark, Judith Ann, 1931-2014: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1942

Description: Album containing photographs of Judith Clark and Ruth Harte in Budapest, taken circa 1990s by an unidentified photographer/s. Includes images of Clark and Harte photographing tourist sights and scenes and posing for photographs, travelling by carriage, and relaxing in cafes. Identified locations are Szentenre, the Fisherman's Bastion, Miro cafe, and the Liszt Academy. Also an image of a piano and a bust of Béla Bartók captioned "our hero". Title from item Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 10 and 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Home-made concertina photograph album with photographs, handwritten and typed inscriptions adhered, 17 x 17 cm

Date: 1958 - 1959

From: [Menus and restaurant ephemera of quarto size]

By: Montmartre Coffee House (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-DINING-1958-01

Description: Sign advertising the Montmartre Coffee House, where coffee cost a shilling day or night. It was positioned "right opposite the main gates of the House of Parliament". Two copies held Quantity: 1 folded brochure. Physical Description: Letterpress on card, 305 x 228 mm. Provenance: One copy from the papers of Tony Murray-Oliver, 1987.

Date: 1959 - 1963

From: [Menus and restaurant ephemera of quarto size]

By: Monde Marie (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-DINING-1960-02

Description: Flyer advertising a restaurant and giving its opening hours (open Tuesday to Sunday, closed Monday). Shows at top left a young woman carrying a tray on her head, and at lower right a drawing showing the location of the cafe on the corner of Majoribanks and Roxburgh Streets, with the Embassy Theatre at far right, and the New City Hotel opposite. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 290 x 228 mm. Provenance: From the collection of Antony Murray-Oliver, 1987.

Date: 1990-1999

By: Cross, Donna, active 1988; Caffe L'Affare Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-BEVERAGE-Coffee-1990s-01

Description: Instruction booklet Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 15 pages, 212 x 149 mm.

Date: 1960-1971, 1995-2009

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10567-14

Description: Photographs of buildings, people, industry, and landscapes taken by Les Cleveland 1960 to 1971 and 1995 to 2009 and printed 1960 to 1972 and 1995 to 2009. All prints have captions which include the title that Cleveland gave the photograph (often including the location it was taken) and the date it was taken and printed. Almost all images are stamped "Les Cleveland Photograph" and some are also stamped with Cleveland's home address. The majority are signed by Cleveland and all are stamped or otherwise identified by Cleveland as being a "Vintage Print". A small number of prints include reference numbers to Cleveland's index cards. Identified people are Mary Cleveland (in nudes taken on Mount Ruapehu, at Ketetahi Springs, and in the Te Naihi Gorge), John Angus "Opo" (at Mussel Point), Pussy Galore and Teddy Bare (in the window of Purple Onion Revue Bar), Prue Evans (in Kaikoura and on a [camping trip?] at Lake Tennyson), Annabel Porter and her child (in Martinborough), Lisa (employee photographed at Just Teasing Hairdressers in Wellington), Barry Hendricksen [also recorded as Barrie Henderickson] of the Helensville Railway Trust, and Cleveland's grandchildren Maxwell and Madeline who are being read to from a storybook. Photographs of unidentified people include a woman in a Queenstown cafe, a group walking by the waka in Pātea, a young child climbing on a carving in Porirua, a family group at Neil's Beach near Haast, a wedding party at St Patrick's Church (Greymouth), a bride at Dunedin Public Art Gallery, a belly dancer in Wellington, and a group around a motorcycle at a Turangi or Tokaanu event celebrating 100 years of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Other photographs include an early settler's grave at a Jackson's Bay cemetery, Rangitikei bush, patterns in mud at the Arawhata River, mudstone formations at Ocean Beach (Jackson's Head), a vineyard in Gibbston Valley, buildings and graffiti in Gore, Dunedin buildings, bar towels drying in Hokitika, a sculpted figure at a market in Santa Fe (Arizona), the Postal Centre at Garston, and views of the Te Naihi Valley including of Mount Tyndar. Photographs of the Wellington Region include buildings (on Riddiford Street, Tonks Avenue, and Lambton Quay), Pidgeon Park, shop front displays (including at Ziggurat on Cuba Street and an antiques store on Jackson Street). sculptures in Hikoikoi Park Petone, and a Nada Bakery van in Johnsonville. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Prints arrived at Library in no discernible order and were placed in a box labelled "Vintage Prints" by curatorial staff during appraisal. Quantity: 65 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photographic prints Transfers: Box two of two from set of prints classified as "Vintage Prints" during Library appraisal. See PAColl-10567-13 for box one.. Processing information: During processing, Library staff arranged prints by date. The volume of prints required that they be housed in two separate boxes.

Date: [ca 1913 to 1914], [ca 1960s]-2011

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10645-23

Description: Contains prints of scenes relating to Les Cleveland, his family life and photographic interests, circa 1913 to 1914, 1960s to 2000s. Photographs taken by Les Cleveland. Includes photographs of the Cleveland and Porter families in Martinborough, a portrait of Les Cleveland, and Peter, Donna, Mary, and Edward Cleveland with a dog [husky?]. Unidentified people include a young woman, cafe patrons seated indoors and outdoors at Pātaka Museum and Art Gallery in Porirua, and an unidentified group with a snow plough. A group portrait shows the Coal Miners' Ball Committee, circa 1913 to 1914. Wellington buildings are also photographed, including the Chinese church on Frederick Street, a sign saying "Jesus Loves the All Blacks" outside St John's Church on Willis Street (also contains an accompanying news article), and the ruins of the Miramar Gasworks. Three contact sheet strips show scenes from Mussel Point, West Coast, including children at Carter's settlement (including playing on swings at a playground) and two women working in the Carters' Sawmill Store at Hannah's Clearing in Haast. West Coast images show milled logs, horseback riders, a slip being cleared by a bulldozer, and men from Nolan's Mill drinking and smoking and playing with a dog. Also, six frames show Native American jewellers selling jewellery at the Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, United States of America. Original enclosures (mainly print wallets) have been retained with prints. The imagelab photo wallet includes a commercial photographer's receipts and notes from Cleveland to the lab technician. Title supplied by Library. Negative of the photograph of the Coal Miners' Ball Committee print is at Alexander Turnbull Library 1/2-012633-F. Arrangement: Prints arrived at the library in a file box in no discernible order. Prints were stored with negatives in photo wallets or kept together by folds of paper or paper clips. Quantity: 26 colour original photographic print(s). 25 b&w original photographic print(s). 8 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Colour and black and white photographs Transfers: See 35mm-109250 to 35mm-109262, 35mm-109307 to 35mm-109311, 35mm-109806 to 35mm-109814, 35mm-109820 to 35mm-109822, 1/4-133735-F, and 1/4-133736-F for negatives originally stored with these prints.. Processing information: Negatives have been separated from prints and original enclosures to facilitate appropriate storage.

Date: 1958 - 1959

From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]

By: Montmartre Coffee House (Wellington, N.Z.); Harry H Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1959-04

Description: Menu listing the main course every day for three weeks, from Wednesday 10 September to Tuesday 30 September. The back page announces that paintings by Paul Olds were on display at the time. Chef was R White at the time. Perpetual calendar suggests days of the week are for 1959, but may be 1958, because of numbering of menus. Two copies held Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, navy on white, on folded card 158 x 190 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 2009.

Date: 2001-2012

By: Buist, Grant, 1973-; Capital times (Newspaper)

Reference: DC-Group-0041

Description: Cartoons by Grant Buist who writes Jitterati (a satire on latte sipping cafe values; as well as contemporary political and social developments) for the weekly Wellington City newspaper The Capital Times. Includes several main characters including Jaimee Buchanan (a redhaired librarian), Debbie (a blonde PA) and Tony (a Maori actor). Occasionally the cartoon strip is visited by other Buist cartoon characters including Fitz (a pink psycho-bunny) and Brunswick (a yellow rodent). Part of the NZ Cartoon Archive Grant Buist (born 1973 in Wellington), is a New Zealand cartoonist and animator who produced the cult comic strip Brunswick from 1993 to 2003, and Jitterati from 2001. Jitterati was first published in Wellington's City Voice newspaper, which folded suddenly in 2001. From there, Jitterati was picked up by the Capital Times, until the Capital Times closed down in April 2013, after 540 episodes of the cartoon strip. In June 2013, the Wellington magazine, FishHead began publishing Jitterati comics. Quantity: 491 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1870

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :Sketches taken in the Alps. By W. S. G. 1870.

Reference: E-578-q-005

Description: A scene in Chamounix Switzerland, showing a large apartment building, a cafe and people standing on the pavement. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 308 x 245 mm (page size)

Date: 1958 - 1959

From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]

By: Montmartre Coffee House (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1959-02

Description: Blank invoice sheet for a coffee house or cafeteria in Wellington. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, navy on white, 188 x 125 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 2009.

Date: 1959

From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]

By: Harry H Tombs Ltd; Montmartre Coffee House (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1959-03

Description: Menu listing the main course every day for four weeks, from 1 January to 31 January 1959. The back page announces that paintings by Pierre Braconnier were on display at the time. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, navy on white, on folded card 210 x 130 mm.

Date: [c 1960s]

From: New Zealand Association of Waterfront Employers :Photographs of ports, docks and shipping around the world.

Reference: PA12-8634

Description: 24 transparency slides relating to the New Zealand Association of Waterfront Employers, taken in the early 1960s. Places identified: Rome, New York, San Francisco, Bristol and London. Rome: Exterior view of Mussolini's balcony and general view of street. New York: Exterior view of airport and aircraft. San Francisco: View of landscape and Alcatraz Island, street scenes, sea life, cafe scenes and sea views. Bristol: Exterior view of Portcullis Inn. London: Kew Gardens, exterior view of Royal Dower House, street scenes with double-decker busses, Victoria Palace Sky Scraper, exterior view of New Zealand House, Trafalgar Square. Quantity: 24 colour copy transparency/ies. Physical Description: 35mm colour slides

Date: 31 August 1999

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1999/2597-F

Description: Members of the Eastbourne business group at coffee. They are (from left) - Diane Logan. Phyllis Mossman (obscured). Barbara Nettleton (obscured leaning foreward). Chris Hall. Conrad Pharazyn. Jerry Nettleton. Publication note - published in the Evening Post newspaper, 1 September 1999 Source of descriptive information - notes on negative envelope The business group was formed by people working from home. It met once a fortnight to talk shop and socialise. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler film negative, 35mm

Date: 1994

From: Greenall, Frank :Cartoons published in City Voice. 1993-1995

Reference: A-300-152

Description: Four panels featuring a couple in conversation. In the final panel, they are fighting against wind and rain. Refers to Wellington's increasing sophistication, marred by its weather Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 296 x 418 mm

Date: ca 1970s-2020

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

By: Exisle Publishing Ltd; New Zealand. Department of Health; New Zealand. Ministry of Health; Radio New Zealand; Real Estate Institute of New Zealand; Television New Zealand; Travel Agents' Association of New Zealand; Victoria University of Wellington

Reference: MS-Papers-12758-3

Description: Only some material is dated. Comprises: Postcard set from Radio New Zealand; Business card from Café Kumaisa; Business card from Shangri-La’s Indian Restaurant; Business card from the Rendezvous Café; Ticket for the TVNZ Endeavour voyage; Flier from Victoria University of Wellington; Flier from Government House; Flier from the Department of Health; Flier from the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand; Flier from Brookers; Flier from the Real Estate Agents Authority; Flier from WellingtonNZ.com; Flier from Exisle Publishing Ltd, Flier from Maher Escorted Tours; Flier from the Ministry of Health; Instruction manual for ZIP Eletronic Toaster; Instruction manual for Red Stamp Cordless Automatic Kettle. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 31 pieces of ephemera. Physical Description: Printed matter.

Date: [ca 1995]

From: Friar, Denis Ashwood, 1952- :Transparencies of public and private gardens in New Zealand

Reference: PA12-9959

Description: Includes - A choir singing. Unidentified woman. Cafe and city street scene. Unidentified road lined with trees. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies 120 strips comprising 11 images.