Puns and punning

Date: 1956

By: Scales, Sydney Ernest, 1916-2003

Reference: A-352-029

Description: Shows two fish talking together as they watch the mushroom cloud rising from a nuclear explosion. There is a pun: "Fission chips" sounds the same as "Fish 'n' [and] chips". Other Titles - All the powers of destruction necessary to blow this planet to pieces are now available. ... Mr Krishna Menon. Other Titles - Otago Daily Times Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 265 x 355 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane (Auckland) Ltd Auction, 18 August 2004, lot 382.

Date: 1927

By: Te Aroha Chamber of Commerce; Te Aroha News (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-FESTIVAL-Te-Aroha-1927-01

Description: Booklet promotes Te Aroha and shows photographs of the area. Competitions included those for essay ("Why we should shop in Te Aroha"), first baby born during Carnival Week, Te Aroha's ugliest man, cycle race, procession, fancy dress, best baby, rhyming and pun competition, a description of the Thames Valley and its pioneers. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 96 pages, each 217 x 142 mm. Transfers: Photographs of the same provenance transferred to PAColl-8757..

Date: 1971

From: Minhinnick Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992:Six cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald between September 1971 and July 1972.

Reference: A-290-101

Description: Shows Sam leading other soldiers on an exercise creeping up on a young woman seated on a rock. He motions his followers to stop, and holds up a sign reading "Booby trap!" As well as indicating a deceptive ambush when paired with the word "trap", the word "booby" can also be used for the female breast. Other Titles - New Zealand; September Quantity: 1 bromide. Physical Description: Bromide photograph, 137 x 374 mm

Date: 1970 - 1980

Reference: Eph-A-ASSOCIATION-WCOBRFC-1970s

Description: Includes certificates issued by "The Committee of the Institute of Free Love" (Sensuously single certificate, awarded to Mr W R M[...]); the "Indoor Bird Watchers Society" (Member in Good Standing, awarded to A A J[....]); and the "Foundation of 39 & Up" (Over the Hill certificate awarded to Mr Maurice C[....]). Considerable use is made of puns, innuendo and double entendre. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on cards, each 177 x 125 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A2000-319. Transferred from Manuscripts A2000-319 in 2001..

Date: 1965

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

Reference: B-137-289

Description: Shows five different vignettes where the newspaper headline is taken differently from its intention, mainly as a result of a pun: Bruce McLaren the motor racing driver actually drops out through a hole in his car (where the intended meaning was that he withdrew from the race) "Hacks checked at Trentham" shows a man checking his horse into a cloakroom counter (like a hat check) whereas the intended meaning was that some horses in the race at Trentham Racecourse were held back by the horses in front. A tennis player discusses his lack of success in betting at horse races; he had "picked all the first leg winners and missed out on all the second legs". First leg refers to the first race on the programme, and second leg refers to the second race, etc. Palmerston rider wins a lolly scramble, rather the the motorcycle "scramble" race that was intended. A cyclist is showing "fielding" a cricket ball and calling out "Howzat?", whereas the meaning was that the cyclist won an event at the town of Feilding. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing and collage 430 x 293 mm, on sheet 482 x 312 mm.

Date: 1915 - 1919

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to shooting]

Reference: Eph-A-SHOOTING-1916-01

Description: Front of card shows an illustration of a bespectacled man dropping liquid from a small bottle on to a butterfly on a plant. The verso shows a space for a one cent stamp, and has the stamped message: "With compliments from proprietors Gallipoli Shooting Saloon, Manners St". Reference to a "one cent stamp" indicates that the original card may have been manufactured in the United States. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph and relief print on postcard, 88 x 137 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Complete Stamp Company, May 2013.

Date: 1882

By: Hutchison, William, 1820-1905

Reference: A-095-037

Description: Sir Frederick Whitaker, Premier, standing on a wharf marked 'Upper House', calling through a megaphone marked 'G. V. Shannon' to Sir Harry Atkinson, the Treasurer (and to be Premier in the following year), who is sailing a yacht marked 'State'. A reference to a proposed Government Vessel called the Shannon or possibly just to the Ship of State? All the punning words in the caption referring to boats or ships are in italics Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 230 x 280 mm

Date: 1971

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

Reference: B-137-357

Description: Shows six vignettes with sporting word-play annotations: a wife excuses herself and her husband from a party as they have two more to go to; a man drunk 12 full rounds before being floored; Melva Tipple put up a very spirited (gin and Scotch) performance at Glenda Tubworthy's cocktail do; Eric Slurper reached new heights of inebriation; Morrie Clunk was forced to retire from Syd Sloegins' party, although "going well", by the interference of his wife; and, well-performed stayer Jerry Tanker faded at Ted Plonkett's and was beaten by a head [ache]. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone 265 x 336 mm, on sheet 320 x 525 mm. Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1882

By: Hutchison, William, 1820-1905

Reference: A-095-037-a

Description: Sir Frederick Whitaker, Permier, standing on a wharf marked 'Upper House', calling through a megaphone marked 'G. V. Shannon' to Sir Harry Atkinson, the Treasurer (and to be Premier in the following year), who is sailing a yacht marked 'State'. A reference to a proposed Government Vessel called Shannon, or possibly just to the ship of state? All the punning words referring to boating and ships are in italics Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 230 x 280 mm

Date: 1971 - 1979

By: Horncy, Janet Valerie, 1940-

Reference: Eph-A-CATTLE-1970s-01

Description: Shows a cartoon on each coaster, illustrating some word which is a pun on the word "bull", and showing cattle interacting. Illustrated are: Inpossibull, Incorrigabull, Considerabull, Insufferabull, Disreputabull, Lovabull, Dependabull, Inescapabull. Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on coasters inside packet.. Physical Description: Offset prints on coasters 100 x 100 mm. Provenance: Donated by Janet Horncy in 1998.

Date: 1961

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

Reference: B-137-421

Description: Cartoon shows a used car salesyard manager speaking to his employee who has a tennis racquet next to his desk. Displaying a racquet in the window where the public can see it presumably implies that secondhand car sales business is a "racket". Other Titles - "Onlooker" in last night's issue, queried just who is responsible for the unfair state of affairs in the second-hand car market Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 205 x 255 mm, on sheet 255 x 280 mm.

Date: 1970

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

Reference: B-137-350

Description: Shows a reporter descending with a skydiver, and noting his answers to interview questions. The answers all depend on double entendre and metaphor: his feeling upon descent is "always a bit of a let-down"; the sport is not expensive in that "we get bags of free fall" - "but of course it does require a fairly big overhead" (as his large parachute opens out above him). Other Titles - New Zealand; "You can say the sport is increasing in popularity and there's nothing we like better than a big drop in membership" Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone 408 x 270 mm, on sheet 490 x 320 mm.

Date: 1980 - 1989

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[Original cartoons drawn 1980-1990, mainly for periodical publications].

Reference: C-136-024

Description: Shows a forger in an inky apron, standing beside his printing press, holding up a ten dollar note. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet 590 x 420 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2003.

Date: 1965

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

Reference: B-137-290

Description: Shows four vignettes to illustrate ambiguous headlines from the newspaper: "New blood should be injected into the New Zealand bowling team" - a Red cross hand reaches out with a plasma bottle for a lawn bowler, while at the right, two cricketers with vampire teeth are "vampire bats" [Collage headline piece missing]-users rebut an invasion from rugby and cricket players by splashing them "Must reach peak in February! Aspirants for Empire Games" - shows three sportsmen training for the games by climbing peaks "18-footers to race at Brisbane" - "This shouldn't be on the Sports page at alll it should be in Nature notes". Shows a man with a magnifying glass on hands and knees watching a caterpillar race Other Titles - Aspirants for Empire Games; 18-footers to race at Brisbane Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, collage and letratone 432 x 292 mm, on sheet 500 x 363 mm.

Date: 1970

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

Reference: B-137-349

Description: Shows a conversation between two golfers, one of whom asserts that he "just went round in 71", despite having a 36 handicap. His friend is incredulous, until he explains that he was joking and meant the year 1971. Other Titles - "I just went round in 71" "One under par! I don't believe it!". Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone 270 x 405 mm, on sheet 313 x 575 mm.

Date: 1950

From: [New Zealand ephemera of octavo size concerning clothing, costume, fashion and dress. 1940-1959]

By: Jack Nelson (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-COSTUME-1950-01

Description: An advertisement for Wilcut Clothes, sold by an Auckland shop. Card showing an old woman in late 19th century costume, a packet of corn plasters, and a basin of water. There are four circles cut out, so that one can insert two fingers for the woman's legs, so that it will appear she is soaking her feet in the basin of water. Date estimated to be around 1950 when Jack Nelson appears as the proprietor for the premises at 175 Ponsonby Road. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on card, 210 x 100 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 2005.

Date: 2014

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

Reference: DCDL-0029909

Description: Cartoon shows a reporter speaking with Andrew Little, the newly appointed leader of the Labour Party. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1980 - 1989

By: City Limits Cafe (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-D-DINING-1980s-02

Description: Poster advertising the City Limited Cafe shows an arrangement of text, the orange poster paper showing through the black printed background. The words "Get stuffed" appear as if they are dripping orange spray-painted grafitti. Poster illustrates a double entendre, using a contemporary expression of insult to encourage diners to fill up. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, black on orange paper, 535 x 417 mm.

Date: 2014

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0029946

Description: Cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key, and Chinese President, Xi Jinping, sitting in arm chairs and having a discussion. Before Jinping leaves, Key says to him, "Was it Confucius who said, 'homesick human writes home daily'?" and then congratulates himself on mentioning "human writes", a pun on human rights. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0025589

Description: Depicts five male rugby supporters queuing for a portaloo at a game. One is reading a newspaper about the place of the Royal baby in the line of accession to the throne. Another man quips that he is "fourth in line to the throne" (slang for a toilet). Refers to Prince George of Cambridge, the first baby of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, being third in line to the British throne (see Mail Online 22 July 2013). Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).