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A D Willis (Wanganui) :[Three labels - West Coast Meat & Produce Export Co Ltd (Patea)....

Date: 1890 - 1920

From: Gear Meat Company :Scrapbook of labels. 1890s-1920s].

By: Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm)

Reference: Eph-F-MEAT-Gear-046

Description: Top two labels show the same scene of Mt Taranaki, framed between a Maori whare and a cabbage tree (probably based on Allom's lithograph of Heaphy's view of Mt Egmont). As well there are decorative panels of an Oriental style. Bottom label shows a view of the central mountain plateau, with a ship coming into harbour in the foreground. This view is flanked by pictures of a cabbage tree and a tree fern. There is a picture of a ship at the mouth of a port (possibly the mouth of the Whanganui River) on the other half of the label. Extended Title - From Gear Meat Company Scrapbook of labels, page [46]. Quantity: 3 colour art print(s) on labels.. Physical Description: Chromolithographs, on labels, 94 x 340 mm; 105 x 325 mm; and, 109 x 344 mm.

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Come and see the Camera Obscura! as shown at the Crystal Palace, London. Science subser...

Date: 1881 - 1889

From: [Theatre ephemera and programmes for music-hall, comedy and variety productions in New Zealand, 1800s].

By: Wanganui herald (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-1880s-01

Description: Arrangement of text with varied lettering and border. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on cream paper, 190 x 140 mm.

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Wanganui Exhibition of Art, Science and Industry, in aid of the Wanganui Public Library...

Date: 1881

From: [Programmes and fliers relating to music concerts and musical performances in New Zealand. 1880-1889].

By: Jones, Henry Ireson, 1822-1906

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1881-01

Description: An arrangement of various text types, with a decorative border. Gilbert King was chairman of the General Committee, Thomas Culpan the secretary, and the committee members were: Messrs W J Smith, G Hutchison, J P Watt, G F Allen, and A Atkins. Another committee involved included: Messrs J Ballance, A Tod, C Burnett, H C Field, C Steedman, Dr Tripe, C S Cross, A B Hogg, T Merritt, G Carson, H M Brewer, J Gibbs, J Duigan, M V Hodge, J H Horn, John Stevenson, A D Willis, John Notman, J J Crawford, and W J Rainbow, with E H Babbage the honorary secretary. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on flyer.. Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 265 x 208 mm.

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