Places

Date: 1890 - 1920

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

Reference: Eph-F-MEAT-Gear-054-1

Description: Green label shows a cooked ox tongue on a plate Extended Title - From Gear Meat Company Scrapbook of labels, page [54], top label. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on label.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on label, 82 x 373 mm

Date: 1909

From: [Theatre ephemera and programmes for music-hall, comedy and variety productions in New Zealand, 1909].

Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-1909-01

Description: Programme for a concert given in Eastbourne, with performers including Mr B F Kelly (violin), singers Mr M Baker, Miss Guthrie, Mr E B Shortt, Mrs Hyde-Woodward, Miss Ross, Mr Roberts, Miss Driscoll, Mr Harris, Mrs Stevens; recitation by Miss Samson; magic tricks by Mr Charles M Howard. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letter press on card folded to 117 x 55 mm.

Date: 1874

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

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1874-01-08

Description: Shows an elevation of the front of a cottage with a central door and a window on either side of it. There is a chimney at the left side. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Engraving on page 205 x 277 mm.

Date: 1874

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

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

Description: Shows an elevation or a cottage with bay window at the left, door in the centre, and a window at the right. The door and window both give on to a verandah. There is a chimney above the left side. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Engraving on page 205 x 277 mm.

Date: 1890 - 1920

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

Reference: Eph-F-MEAT-Gear-056

Description: Includes labels for: Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy Produce Export Company Limited. Sheep tongues. Manufactured at Belfast, North Canterbury N.Z. Peach brand Compressed corned mutton. Wellington Meat Export Co Ltd. Boiled mutton. Christchurch Meat Company Ltd. Sheep tongues.[post-1906 - mentions Christchurch Exhibition] Lithographers' names are not printed on these labels. Extended Title - From Gear Meat Company Scrapbook of labels, page [56]. Quantity: 4 colour art print(s) on labels.. Physical Description: Chromolithographs on labels, 57 x 340 mm; 190 x 122 mm (2 of this size); and, 58 x 330 mm.

Date: 1890

From: New Zealand. Department Lands and Survey :The New Zealand grand tour 1890, by steamship, rail, coach, horse & foot. N.Z. Survey, Wellington 1890.

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-NZ-1890-01-front

Description: An arrangement of text, with an inset scene of New Zealand mountains. The inset is in the shape of an artist's palette with three brushes through the thumb-hole. Extended Title - From New Zealand Survey [Department] The New Zealand grand tour, by steamship, rail, coach, horse & foot. 1890 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of folded brochure.. Physical Description: Photocopy, on folded brochure, 228 x 109 mm.

Date: 1905

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to milk and its delivery and supply]

Reference: Eph-B-MILK-1905-01

Description: Two pages of text, the left side assuring readers that the cows from which milk is supplied, have been tested by a Government Veterinary Surgeon, and found free of disease. The right side reports on comments (from the Evening post of 23 September 1905) of Dr Valintine, District Health Officer for Wellington, about filthy conditions and lack of sanitation in dairy sheds. It assures readers that the premises are open for public inspection any day or hour except Sunday. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on pink flier.. Physical Description: Letterpress, on two page spread, 210 x 268 mm.

Date: 1874

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

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1874-01-09

Description: Shows ground plans of two cottages. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Engraving on page 205 x 277 mm.

Date: 1886

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

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1886-01

Description: An arrangement of text with a decorative border, and small illustrations of a woman playing the piano, and two women singing a duet. The performers included: Mrs Yate, Mr Crocker, Misses Stevens and Lee and Messrs Calon and Stevens, Miss M Bowes, Mr H Swan, Mr Jacobsen, Miss Iris Fulton, Mrs Sheath, Miss Fergusson, Mr Humphreys, Mr Chamberlain, Miss Bold, Misses Luckie, Williams, Crowley, Roy and Holt. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on silk programme.. Physical Description: Letterpress on silk, 290 x 190 mm.

Date: 1905 - 1912

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to interior decoration, room design, household decorative items, tableware, in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-DECOR-1910-01-005

Description: Shows a general view of the department in the retail store, with rolls of linoleum standing up flanking a walkway between them. Extended Title - From Tonson Garlick Co. "Complete modern home furnishers" [Catalogue ca 1910]. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (on page of sales catalogue). Physical Description: Photolithograph on page 234 x 317 mm.

Date: 1904 - 1914

Reference: Eph-POSTCARDS-Wellington-02

Description: Shows a view looking north over Wellington Harbour with red-roofed houses in the foreground. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on postcard. Physical Description: Collotype on postcard 89 x 140 mm.

Date: 1873

Reference: Eph-D-DRAMA-1873-01

Description: Arrangement of text. Cast of "An ugly customer" include: Mr Shepherd, Mr Griffiths, Mr Carey, Mr C J Rae. The middle entertainment is "Tricks on the bar, and Feats on the trapeze", by the Gymnasium troupe, consisting of Messrs Moore, Fiven, Wastney, McMullin, Maxted, W. Tait. Cast of "Stolen" includes: Mr Griffiths, Mr Shepherd, Mr C J Rae, Mr Stevenson, and Mr Fiven. Other Titles - Poster Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Samuel Johnson, Printer "Marlborough Express" Office, Alfred-street, Blenheim. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, black on blue, 584 x 230 mm. Provenance: Originally part of the Webster Collection.

Date: 1905

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

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Buxton-1905-01-113

Description: Shows an iron frame on which a climbing plant may be trained to grow. Other shapes on the page are a columnar one, a square pergola, bordered diamond work fencing, and small flower trainers. Extended Title - From A W Buxton general catalogue 1905-1906, page 113. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Engraving, 95 x 65 mm, in top centre of page 272 x 200 mm.

Date: 1890 - 1940

Reference: Eph-C-MEAT-1900s-01

Description: Shows for each side of tin, the two larger panels incorporating insets of a circular motif showing St George on horseback fighting a dragon. One panel shows a background of a lake surrounded by hills, with cabbage tree and ferns. One panel shows native clematis. The style is late Victorian. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 138 x 340 mm (slightly curved). Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in 1997.

Date: 1905 - 1912

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to interior decoration, room design, household decorative items, tableware, in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-DECOR-1910-01-086

Description: Shows two of the models available, with shelves, mirrors, Art nouveau inlays, and an Art nouveau floral design in the centre of the page. Extended Title - From Tonson Garlick Co. "Complete modern home furnishers" [Catalogue ca 1910]. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (om page of sales catalogue). Physical Description: Offset on page 234 x 317 mm.

Date: 1894 - 1896

From: Townend's celebrated cinnamon cure for consumption & other chest diseases. Prepared only by Loasby's Wahoo Manufacturing Co. ... [ca 1895]

Reference: Eph-B-PHARMACY-1890s-01-front

Description: Arrangement of text. Shows head and shoulders portrait photograph of Mr W P Townend, the inventor of Townend's Cinnamon Cure, at top left, and gives patients' testimonials beneath. Dated from poster for Loasby's "Wahoo" Embrocation. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Caxton Printing Company, Manse Street ... Dunedin. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 287 x 225 mm.

Date: 1844

Reference: Eph-D-DRAMA-1844-01

Description: Arrangement of text, with the crest of the theatre at the top. Cast includes Mr Buckingham, Mr Jones, Mr Harold, Mr Brown, Mr Wilson, Mrs Thompson, Mr Young, Mr Serle, Mr Gray, Mr Dixon, M J Jonas, Mrs Harold, Miss Buckingham. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Relief print, on poster 555 x 222 mm.

Date: 1900

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to history, jubilees, centennials, anniversary celebrations in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-HISTORY-Canterbury-1900-01

Description: Shows central wording with the British and New Zealand flags at the top corners, a portrait of Queen Victoria at the top centre, and a portrait of John Robert Godley at the bottom centre. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on invitation card.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph, on card 192 x 123 mm.

Date: 1900 - 1910

From: [Ephemera of octavo size concerning fences and their construction]

Reference: Eph-A-FENCE-1900s-01-30

Description: Shows eight different examples of wrought iron gates, four single and four double openings. Extended Title - From the company's catalogue no 13. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Engraving, 245 x 150 mm.

Date: 1909

From: Various artists: [Postcards donated by Mrs E F Goldsmith, Levin. 1905-1910]

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-Goldsmith-04

Description: Shows a photograph of an arrangement of four postcard photographs interspersed with floral decoration. The four photographs are of: Feilding Post Office, Fergusson Street with the Spence & Spence Bon Marche store at right; Manchester Street; and Manchester Square. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photograph on postcard 89 x 138 mm