Places

Date: 1900 - 1914

By: Fergusson Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-LIBRARY-1900s-01

Description: Shows the old library building on Riddiford Street, with a tram passing beside a horse and cart. There are cabbage trees along the street frontage. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 88 x 139 mm.

Date: 1907

From: [Ephemera and horticulture sales catalogues issued by New Zealand plant nurseries, 1900-1909].

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Buxton-1907-01-002-2

Description: Shows a general view overlooking the nursery, with two horsecarts in the foreground semi-circular area outside the entrance gate. Several figures are working amongst the rows of plants. Extended Title - From Buxton's descriptive catalogue 1907-08, page 2, lower half Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) in sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 90 x 162 mm, on page 243 x 185 mm.

Date: 1900 - 1910

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to building material and supplies in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-ca-1906-01-front

Description: Shows a bird's-eye view of the company's premises at Custom Street West, Auckland, with the Joinery and Box Departments at the left, and the head office at the right. The two sections are joined by an overhead walkway. The far left shows sailing ships tied up at the wharves. In the foreground are neat piles of sawn timber, and in the wide corridor between the buildings, horses and carts move with their loads of timber. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of catalogue.. Physical Description: Offset print, on cover 284 x 186 mm.

Date: 1907

From: Booth, Macdonald & Co Ltd :Farm implements catalogue no. 27. Christchurch, Timaru, Hastings, N.Z. 1st January, 1907.

Reference: Eph-A-FARM-MACHINERY-1907-01-33

Description: Shows illustrations of both these two-wheeled carts, the farm dray and the tip cart. Extended Title - From Booth, Macdonald Co Ltd. Farm implements catalogue no 27 (1907). Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Engraving and letterpress, on page 240 x 155 mm.

Date: 1875 - 1877

By: Evening star (Hokitika, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-TRANSPORT-1875-01

Description: Arrangement of text, with decorative border. Coaches leave Kanieri for Hokitika at 10 am, 1 pm, and 5 pm; and they leave Hokitika for Kanieri at 11 am, 2 pm, and 6 pm. The coaches call in at the Rainbow Hotel and the Golden Age Hotel (both in Revell Street), and the Pioneer Hotel, Gibson's Quay. Also listed are the Saturday and Sunday departure times. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 309 x 244 mm.

Date: 1905

By: Abel, Dykes Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-LOTTERY-1905-01

Description: Shows six inset photographs of the prizes in the lottery, separated by ornate decorative framing. First prize a piano (100 guineas); second prize a hooded phaeton (80 guineas); third prize a ladys' diamond bangle (60 guineas); fourth prize a bicycle (lady's or gent's) (25 guineas); fifth prize a dining room suite (25 guineas); and sixth prize a Densmore typewriter (25 guineas). Accompanied by a letter from the committee, signed by R Leslie Hunt and A Denniston, honorary secretaries. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Abel, Dykes Limited, Printers, Auckland Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Offset lithograph and photolithograph, on cover of booklet, 134 x 260 mm.

Date: 1910

From: [Postcards of the Wesport and Buller area, collected by William Robert Jones. 1900-1970s]

By: G Parkhouse (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-Jones-01

Description: Photograph on postcard shows two bridges: a wooden bridge in the foreground with a horse-drawn carriage crossing it; and in the left background a further bridge with a stone column supporting it. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph on postcard, 89 x 139 mm.

Date: 1874

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to building material and supplies in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1874-01-cover

Description: Shows the factory's premises on the corner of Stuart, Castle and Cumberland Streets. In the street in the foreground some horses and carts pass by, loaded with timber. The timber yard can be seen behind the facade, and a railway engine and carriages is stopped in the background. loading up from the factory. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Engraving on orange cover 277 x 205 mm.

Date: 1891

By: Forsyth, James, -1896; Evening press (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-C-EMPLOYMENT-1891-01

Description: Shows 7 small scenes, entitled: (1) The start, (2)Public hall Pahiatua 12.30 am, (3) On the road; 3 miles of slush, glue and water, (4)'The Corner" as seen from No. 10 Gang's fire, (5) Our camp at Poverty Flat, (6) Joe packing flour, (7) Archie, a cool costume. N.B. The kilt is a blanket. The identity of artist Mr Forsyth is unknown at this time. This sheet was issued separately and along with a single-sheet text supplement to the issue of the Evening Press" 6 June 1891. The supplement's text included a fiction story and other chatty text items, but no mention of the Unemployed subject. In the issue for 6 June itself, was a short paragraph about Unemployment in the column "The Labour Interest", a column initiated and announced as a regular feature around ten days prior to 6 June, as labour issues had been growing in importance. The following month, the Woodville Examiner, 15 July 1891, page 2 printed a letter from a member of the Unemployed at the Pahiatua camp. Inscriptions: Most sketches signed: Forsyth; Recto - bottom right - Evening Press Litho. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 505 x 323 mm.

Date: 1910 - 1930

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to Rotorua as a tourist destination. 1890-1929]

By: Waiwera Coaching Stables

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Rotorua-1910/20s-01

Description: Promotes the coaching stables which give trips to Wairoa, Tarawera Lake, Waimangu (all as one round trip), or separate trips to Wairoa, Lake trip, Waiotapu Valley, Ngongotaha Mountain, Fairy Spring and Bainbridge's Monument, and Whakarewarewa. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on front of folded card.. Physical Description: Print, on front of folded card, 122 x 60 mm.