Toy guns
Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :"On your marks! Get set! BANG!". 1972.
Date: 1972
From: Various cartoonists :Ten cartoons by Nevile Lodge and one by Eric Heath on the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
Reference: A-349-038
Description: Shows an Olympic official walking past a security guard into the Games arena, on his way to a track race. He has a starter gun in his pocket. The security guard confiscates the gun, pointing to a sign saying no guns are allowed in the Olympic area. The official has to start the race by saying 'Bang!', instead of firing the gun Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Nevile Lodge Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and whiteout, 180 x 320 mm on sheet 210 x 385 mm
Two boys playing with a gun
Date: [ca 1900-1910]
Reference: PA4-1428
Description: Stereoscopic photograph of two boys playing with a gun Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :Eek! 1967.
Date: 1967
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-133-613
Description: The scene is the interior of a bank. There are people lined up at tellers and two people sitting writing at the customers' table. They all look up when the manager comes out of his office and is frightened by a small boy with a pop gun. he wears a party hat and carries a balloon with the sign Xmas Party. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, letratone and pencil, 262 x 353 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.
A M Martin Ltd :There's a hobby for you at Martins, the mecca for modellers. Custom St ...
Date: 1956
By: A.M. Martin Ltd.
Reference: Eph-A-MODELS-1956-01
Description: Catalogue showing illustrations and photographs of the interior of A M Martin's shop in Auckland, aircraft engines, the "Trick shot" water pistol, model aeroplanes, aircraft fuel tanks, handles, "Veron" models and kitsets, model marine engines, model racing cars, steam engine models, plastic models of cars, planes, helicopters, including a BOAC Bristol Britannica, a Thunderstreak, kitsets by Keil Kraft, model sailing ships, Meccano, Solarbo balsa wood, and Mamod stationary model steam engines. The front cover shows a boy playing with a model aeroplane. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs in booklet of 52 pages, each 216 x 140 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2005.
Scenes from Taneatua Pub, Taneatua, New Years Eve
Date: 31 December 1962
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0215-F
Description: Scenes from the Taneatua Pub on New Years Eve, taken in 1962 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Images show scenes from the Taneatua Pub on New Years Eve, includes children playing with a toy gun and men rolling a keg down the street. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.
Scenes of a small boy and a horse
Date: 1979
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AW-1862
Description: All frames were taken in an unidentified location. They show a young boy wearing a singlet top, shorts and Roman sandals, with a toy gun. He is pointing the gun in the air, and straight at a piebald horse behind a wooden fence on the right. A 'Sprite' caravan is seen in the background on the left. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film
Hubbard, James, 1949- :Loose cannon. 2 May 2014
Date: 2014
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
By: Setford News Photo Agency
Reference: DCDL-0027996
Description: Cartoon shows former cabinet minister Maurice Williamson depicted as a cannon, that has tred over a paper labelled, 'police independence'. Prime Minister John Key is depicted as a pop gun, and says, "Um, I've accepted Maurice's resignation as a minister, but whether he resigns from Parliament is up to him..." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hubbard, James, 1949- :'BANG! I'm standing again!'. 29 September 2014
Date: 2014
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
By: Setford News Photo Agency
Reference: DCDL-0029511
Description: Shows Labour Party leader David Cunliffe shooting himself in the head, with a joke gun which shoots through his ears. Refers to Cunliffe standing again for the leadership of the Labour Party. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Children in Carey Street, Wellington
Date: [ca 16 July 1963]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1963/2242-F
Description: Frances (left) and Stephen Hoye, with toy guns, in Carey Street, Mitchelltown, Wellington. Houses in Holloway Road are in the background. Photograph taken ca 16 July 1963 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Photograph accompanied an article describing Holloway Road and adjacent lanes as a slum area in need of housing redevelopment. (Information from the Evening Post 16 July 1963). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6 x 6 cms
Kiwi soldiers plan for Iraqi attack - ex-officer. ca 19 August 2002.
Date: 2002
From: Crimp, Daryl, 1958-:[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post and other newspapers]
Reference: DCDL-0002465
Description: Shows the Tampa Rifle Range where a New Zealand soldier practises with a toy-rifle using a picture of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as a target. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Young boys at Hongoeka Pa; driftwood
Date: 1960
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0105-F
Description: 6 images of driftwood from Plimmerton Beach; 6 images of a group of young Pakeha and Maori boys playing with toy guns, at Hongoeka Pa. Photographs taken by Ans Westra in 1960. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives were digitised by Suite Tirohanga.
Unidentified group in and around a Model T Ford, probably in Christchurch
Date: 1914
From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives
Reference: 1/1-009189-G
Description: Unidentified group in and around a Model T Ford, probably in Christchurch. The adults and children in the car are well wrapped up against the elements. There are two women in uniforms standing near the back of the car, and there is a young boy holding a toy gun standing by the rear wheel of the Model T. Photograph taken by Steffano Francis Webb in 1914. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).