Bachelors

Date: 1906

Reference: Eph-A-BALL-1906-01

Description: Dance card listing 23 dances. The Master of Ceremonies for the evening was A Nyanza Wallace, and stewards were G Alfred Court, G Clark-Walker junr; R Henry Culpan, H E Frederick Mackesy. Secretaries were A Douglas Jack and A John McLeod. Beresford's Band played on the occasion. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letter press on folded card, 110 x 60 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2005.

Date: 1908

By: Delittle, Fenwick and Company (York); Greenbank, A, active 1900s

Reference: Eph-A-BALL-1908-01

Description: Postcard shows on the recto an illustration by A Greenbank, of a fashionably dressed young woman. She wears a large hat, an off-the-shoulder dress and black netting gloves, and holds the handle of a parasol in her left hand. The verso contains a written message from Laura, to Alice Walsh of Ngaruawahia, and mentions an upcoming bachelors' ball in Hukanui on the Friday night. Laura signs herself off with a "Haeremai". The card is postmarked at Taupiri on 10 September 1908. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph and ink holograph on postcard, 140 x 90 mm. Provenance: Donated by Auckland City Council's South Auckland Research Centre, in 2014.

Date: 1997 - 1998

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-1997

Description: Includes calendars: Biodynamic farming and gardening calendar 1997-1998 Cleo / Durex Bachelor of the Year 1997-1998. [Calendar] (2 copies) East Harbour Kindergarten. Eastbourne historical calendar 1997. Feline friends 1997 calendar.Pictorial Publications Limited Images of New Zealand calendar 1997. Craig Potton Publishing. Sara Macready's New Zealand country gardens calendar 1997 National Provident. The Provident year 1997 New Zealand country life calendar 1997. Craig Potton Publishing New Zealand's Eye on the Sky weather trivia calendar 1997 New Zealand's whales, dolphins, seals & seabirds calendar 1997. Craig Potton Publishing Surf New Zealand calendar 1997, with tide tables. Ocean Fun Unlimited Nancy Tichborne's favourite cats, 1997 [Calendar] Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 5 calendars. Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes. Provenance: Some items donated from the collection of Dr Margaret Bailey. One donated by Dr Les Cleveland in 1998.

Date: 1911

Reference: Eph-A-BALL-1911-01

Description: An arrangement of text on a ticket for the Gore bachelors' ball of 1911. The committee included: Messrs J D Cairns, A S Fleming, R Fisher, H C MacGibbon, D J McLauchlan, T J Quin, W Wilson. Chaperones included: Mesdames E R Bowler, A A MacGibbon, R F Wallis. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on card, 90 x 115 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2006.

Date: 1905 - 1910

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942; Burson, Ethel Mills, active 2001

Reference: A-121-007

Description: Shows a full-length profile caricature of a man standing casually with his hands in his pockets. This may be a caricature of the Wellington politician John Guthrie Wood Aitken, who never married. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J C Blomfield Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet 164 x 120 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Ethel Burson in 2001. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A2001-352.

Date: 1971

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-134-162

Description: A Sports Post cartoon. A man trains while another watches; he's training so he is fit to run from women who will be chasing single men because it is leap year. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, Chinese white, letratone and pencil, 315 x 413 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1956

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :[Cartoons from the Free Lance Collection 1954 to 1960]

Reference: C-076-096

Description: Four scenes with farmers explaining why they are still bachelors Publication - Published on 20 Jul 1956, page 4 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 185 x 660 mm

Date: [ca 1926-1931]

From: Kennedy, Wilfred Robert, 1896-1951 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-10273-2

Description: Includes quarantine order and release issued by Commonwealth of Australia, Quarantine Service; list of lodgings available to men in Wellington city; notes on taxation of bachelors; receipts from Wellington businesses; Johnsonville Town Board rate demand; insurance policies, etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1900-1925

From: Edwin family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0267-12

Description: Includes carte-de-visite of Miss A Gisborne; acknowlegement card from Sir Robert and Lady Stout for Golden Wedding congratulations, 1926; handwritten programme for dramatic entertainment `The Rivals', actors included A Domett, O Wakefield, N Werry, Mr A Smith, Mr L Bush, Mr G Nation, Miss Bridgen, Mrs C Taylor, Miss Imlay and Mrs Kemp, Mr Ollivier, Mr H Baker, Miss K Greenwood, Miss E Smith and Miss Lucy Bush (no date); invitation to ball to celebrate coronation of HM King Edward VII, 1897 (annotated on back by Miss Edwin); invitation to ball in honour of Queen Victoria's birthday, 1895 (annotated on back with a description of the occasion by Miss Edwin); invitation from the bachelors of Marlborough to Miss Edwin to a `Bachelors' Ball', nd; menu for farewell dinner for officers of Maori Contingent, `Warrimoo', Mar 1915; wedding invitation to wedding of Alice Marguerite Featherston Johnston and Arthur Duncan in Wellington Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for details.

Date: 2006

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DCDL-0001052

Description: A large bearded man stands in the street holding a sign which says, 'Save the whale/male', (the word whale is crossed out.) He perhaps thinks he is one of the last of his species. The news item was about the fact that there are considerably more younger women in New Zealand than men. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1939

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to smoking, cigarettes, smokefree campaigns]

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-SMOKING-1939-01

Description: Front shows a photograph of a woman in profile holding a cigarette in her hand. The verso advertises Whitcombe's New-Book Club. Date estimated from the imprint at lower edge. Whitcombe's New-Book Club had been established in 1917; see New Zealand herald, 7 November 1917, page 8. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on both sides of bookmark. Physical Description: Offset prints on both sides of bookmark, 200 x 68 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ms Fiona Gray, Wellington, in 2006.

Date: 2004

From: Hawkey, Allan Charles, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Waikato Times].

Reference: DX-014-502

Description: A small boy advises a man on how to present himself in a personal add. In the context of the Agricultural Expo, "Fieldays", being held at Mystery Creek near Hamilton. Extended Title - Career assistance and planning. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 1931

From: Jones, D H :Photographs of Napier and Hastings after the 1931 earthquake ; and the Taramakau River

Reference: 1/2-135772-F

Description: Men in a packing case shelter, errected after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. The sign above the men reads: "Batchelors rest. Housemaid wanted. Urgent". Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1886-1889]

From: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928- :Photographs

Reference: 1/2-173076-F

Description: Charles Edward Carter and 'flatmates' outside their Wellington flat, circa late 1880s. From left to right: 'Hyams', 'Kilner', Charles Moran, Charles Carter. Exact location unknown. The hill behind is possibly The Terrace. Photographer unidentified. The four men arrived from England on the 'Gothic' in 1883. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Dalzell, M A (Mrs): Photographs of Runanga, Coal Creek, Dunollie and Rapahoe

Reference: 1/4-009367-F

Description: Men of the Irrepressible Order of Bachelors at the back of Ogden's Backhouse in Rununga. Photograph taken circa 1900. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1886-1889]

From: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928- :Photographs

Reference: 1/2-173075-F

Description: Charles Edward Carter and 'flatmates' doing housework outside their Wellington flat, circa late 1880s. From left to right: Carter, 'Hyams', Charles Moran, and 'Kilner' (cleaning windows). Exact location unknown. The hill behind is possibly The Terrace. Photographer unidentified. The four men arrived from England on the 'Gothic' in 1883. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1939

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to smoking, cigarettes, smokefree campaigns]

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-SMOKING-1939-02

Description: Front shows a half-length photographic portrait of a woman holding a cigarette in her hand. The verso advertises the range of books available at Whitcombe & Tombs. Date estimated from the imprint at lower edge. Whitcombe's New-Book Club had been established in 1917; see New Zealand herald, 7 November 1917, page 8. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on both sides of bookmark. Physical Description: Offset prints on both sides of bookmark, 200 x 68 mm.

Date: 1909

By: Cynicus Publishing Company Ltd; Anderson, Martin, 1854-1932

Reference: Eph-A-HUMOUR-1909-01

Description: Postcard shows a solitary man kneeling at his hearth, blowing air on to a fire which will boil the kettle above it. The heels of his socks are worn. A plaque on the wall reads: "What is home without another". The printed words: "To an Auckland bachelor" have been changed to read: "From an Auckland bachelor" The handwritten message from "NW" on the verso reads: "Tuesday Nov 2nd 1909. Hope you are having a good time down there, & having better weather than we are for it has been raining & blowing ever since you left. How was the port-hole, & don't whistle till the morning. Remember me to all the rest. Tell Mum everything in the garden is lovely". Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on card, 140 x 89 mm.