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Kia ora. For old times sake. [Christmas card. ca 1890-1910?]
Date: 1890 - 1910
From: Various artists :[Box of assorted Christmas cards. 1860s-1919]
By: Retter, David Charles, 1955-
Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-Christmas-1900-01
Description: Front cover shows from top: a tiki, a map of New Zealand in a heart shape, two fern leaves, and a handshake between a man and a woman with an ocean background. Inside text: My Christmas wish / A very happy Christmas / is what I wish you dear, / With many joys and pleasures / Throughout the coming year / from [unsigned] Exhibited in ‘Humble: the life of 100 small objects’, exhibition curated by Barbara Lyon, in the Turnbull Gallery, National Library of New Zealand, 27 August - 17 November 2017. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on Christmas greetings card. Physical Description: Chromolithograph, on folded card, 132 x 79 mm, tied with green cord bow. Provenance: Donated by David Retter, Wellington, in 2006.
The locked-up native and crown lands in the North Island of New Zealand (compiled from ...
Date: 1905
By: Wilson & Horton (Firm)
Reference: Eph-D-POLITICS-1905-01
Description: Shows a map of the North Island with shading for Lands disposed of, Crown lands, and Native lands. The text argues that the locking-up of native and crown lands means that settlement is blocked, prosperity is retarded, commercial and industrial progress is hampered, agricultural and pastoral resources are remaining undeveloped, would-be settlers cannot find homes, and merchants and traders and the general community is seriously affected. This land, if thrown open for settlement would find employment for another 50,000 people. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Wilson and Horton, Printers, Auckland. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and engraving on paper, 570 x 455 mm.