M O'Brien and Company Ltd

Date: 1959, 1961-1969

From: New Zealand Truth : Files of the Financial Editor

Reference: MS-Papers-1188-278

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1920 - 1969

From: [Posters and advertising ephemera purchased 2016 at Art + Object. 1910-1960]

By: Ferrymead Printing Society; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-COSTUME-Ferrymead

Description: Printers include Whitcombe & Tombs. Manufacturers include Lane Walker Rudkin. Includes: Buy your Berlei before your frock [1960s?] (2 different) Clifton knitwear; quality garment [Repeated pattern sheet. 1940s?] Corinthian men's handkerchiefs. [Printed by] W & T [1940-1950s?] Formfit slips, by Canterbury. Fashionable immaculate Formfit slips. To each bust size. Three lengths. [Printed by] W & T Ltd [1950s?] Jockey Junior shorts, made by Canterbury as exclusive licensees. Streamlined comfort, guaranteed waistband [1950s?] Jockey Junior Y-front midways, made by Canterbury as exclusive licensees. Angled opening protects outer clothes; waistband guaranteed [1950s?] Jockey Junior Y-front shorts, made by Canterbury as exclusive licensees. Y-front supports; waistband guaranteed [1950s?] Kaiapoi all pure wool [In pencil] "Sample of process work - airbrush". ca 1940s?] Kaiapoi pure wool [Card. ca 1920s?] Landmark quality shoes for men. With the compliments of Suckling Bros Ltd, manufacturers of Landmark and Monarch footwear [1950s?](2 copies) Matchless shoes [1940s?] O'B feather-weight football boots, made by M O'Brien & Co., Ltd, Christchurch [1950s?] (2 copies) Orchid quality underwear. Kaiapoi production [Repeated pattern on light card sheet. 1950s?] So lovely -- so warm! Robinwul blankets - spreads by Canterbury. [1950s?] Tudor pure silk & rayon tailor modelled hosiery. Fully fashioned product of Tudor Hosiery Ltd [1940s?] (2 copies) Tudor pure silk & rayon tailor modelled hosiery. Product of Tudor Hosiery Ltd [Repeat-pattern gummed sheet. 1940s?] (2 copies) Washable White Stag leisure jackets. White Stag, made under exclusive licence in New Zealand by Canterbury. L.W. R. 348 [1960s?] (Very small card) Quantity: 17 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Offset printing, sizes up to around 550 mm. Provenance: Lot 407 previously from Ferrymead Printing Society, according to stamps on verso. Lot 416 is likely to be from the same source although unstamped.

Date: 1950 - 1965

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-E-COSTUME-1950s-05

Description: Poster shows illustration at top left of a trouser leg and socked foot inside a brown shoe; and at lower right, a pair of feet in patterned socks and black shoe, crossed in relaxation on an ottoman or footrest. Other Titles - Company; New Zealand Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1015 x 760 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2007.

Date: [192-?]

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-007455-G

Description: Interior of the footwear factory of M O'Brien and Company, Christchurch, circa 1920s. Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1950 - 1965

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-E-COSTUME-1950s-04

Description: Poster shows illustration of a pair of black shoes with deep tread on the sole, at top right. At lower left is one brown boot. Other Titles - Company Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1015 x 760 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2007.