Places

Date: 1950

From: [Ephemera relating to New Zealand persons whose surnames begin with B].

By: Christchurch Classical Association; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PEOPLE-Butler-1950-01

Description: A programme for the occasion of lectures by Mr A C Brassington and Professor L G Pocock. There is a reproduction affixed, of Samuel Butler's self-portrait in the McDougall Gallery, and a programme for a selection of Butler's own musical compositions, from "Ulysses". The back cover reproduces Arnold Wall's poem "Samuel Butler". Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on folded pamphlet, 220 x 162 mm.

Date: 1890 - 1940

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-MEAT-1900s-06

Description: Shows the motif of St George on horseback fighting a dragon. One panel shows sailboats on a stretch of water with mountain background. The title lettering has sprigs of manuka between text strips. Other Titles - Whitcombe & Tombs Limited Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 54 x 362 mm.

Date: 1902

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to the sale and purchase of real estate, domestic dwellings, commercial buildings, houses, subdivisions and sections]

By: Chapman Tripp & Company; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-REAL-ESTATE-1902-01

Description: An account of the legal conditions and particulars of sale for the Kelburne Estate. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on pamphlet, 330 x 205 mm.

Date: 1916

By: J & W Faulkner & Sons (Firm); Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-FENCE-1916-01

Description: Illustrated booklet showing different fences and gates available: wrought iron single gates, posts and fencing, wrought iron fencing, double gates and posts, cast iron pillars; photographs of the gates at Auckland Racing Club's racecourse at Ellerslie, Botanical Gardens Dunedin; ornate wrought iron staircases, balustrades, finials and weather-vanes; porch brackers, lamps and street-lamps, wrought iron grilles (including collapsible ones for elevators and the elevator cars themselves); counter grilles (for bank tellers, etc); lockers, screens, tomb railings; garden furniture. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 1 volume, 62 pages, 218 x 280 mm.

Date: 1927

By: Reynolds, Arthur William, active 1880-1981; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; Te Whaiti family

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/1927/Acc.26623

Description: Shows land from the Kawa Kawa [sic] Estate, to be sold by public auction in two lots at the Agriculture and Pastoral Society's rooms ... Masterton, on Tuesday 22nd February, 1927 ... Extended Title - Under instructions from the Trustee in the Estate of Iraia Te Whaiti. Wellington?: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, 1927 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Areas subject to adjustment on completion of survey, 28/1/27; Recto - bottom right - For full particulars apply to Messrs. Levin & Co ... Masterton, or Messrs. Thompson & Turton ... Greytown Another copy held at MapColl Reserve-832.45gbbd/1927/Acc.27392, from Te Whaiti Family papers (held MSA MS-Group-0805). Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Coloured. 53 x 80 cm. Scale 1:23 760

Date: 1929

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

By: North Canterbury Timber Merchants' Association (Inc); Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1929-01

Description: Catalogue containing 108 numbered moulding shapes for timber. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 leaves, 280 x 216 mm.

Date: 1937

From: [Ephemera, timetables, tickets, and advertising relating to aviation, airline companies, flights, aeroplanes, aircraft, by New Zealanders or in New Zealand. 1930-1939]

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-AVIATION-1937-03

Description: Menu shows the airline's logo and a twin-propeller aeroplane on the front cover. The toast list shows that a toast to the airline was proposed by the Acting Prime Minister Peter Fraser. Others present included Hon R Semple, Hon F Jones, C G White esq. The back page lists the directors and staff of the airline. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cover and inside page of menu, 215 x 139 mm. tied with red and black ribbons.

Date: 1935

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1935-02

Description: Envelope shows a photograph of Mr Lukey standing holding handles of wheelbarrow in which Mr Schofield is sitting. Attached to the wheelbarrow are advertisements for Monarch shoes and Hykide soles (the double soles used on Monarch shoes). The envelope is addressed in handwriting to Mr R Luke, GPO Box 336, Dunedin C1. The identity of the two men is established from other sources. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on envelope, 91 x 153 mm. Provenance: Purchased from the Complete Stamp Company in 2015.

Date: 1970 - 1975

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-South-Island-1971-01

Description: Booklet of ten different views (two sizes of each) of the South Island, including Mt Cook, Glendhu Bay, Queenstown Domain, Tasman Glacier, Lake Hayes, Milford Sound, Lake Matheson, Fox Glacier snowfield, Lake Manapouri, Kaikoura Whitcombe and Tombs changed its name to Whitcoulls in 1971. Other booklets in the series list Whitcombe and Tombs as the publisher; we infer that the series was published immediately before and after the change of name. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet 102 x 228 mm, of detachable cards 102 x 150 mm. Provenance: One copy donated by Laurence Eagle, Christchurch, 2013

Date: 1960 - 1970

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Queenstown-1970-01

Description: Booklet of ten different views (two sizes of each) of Queenstown, including the gondola (built 1967), Skyline Restaurant, Ben Lomond, Frankton & the Remarkables, Maori Point Skippers Canyon, Glendhu Bay, Lake Wakatipu, Lake Hawea, Lake Hayes. Whitcombe and Tombs changed its name to Whitcoulls in 1971. Other booklets in the series list Whitcoulls as the publisher; we infer that the series was published immediately before and after the change of name. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet 102 x 228 mm, of detachable cards 102 x 150 mm. Provenance: Donated by Laurence Eagle, Christchurch, 2013

Date: 1923

From: Cowan family: Collection

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: MS-Papers-11946-109

Description: Published by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, 1923. Includes some annotations by James Cowan. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: One volume in a folder.

Date: 1909 - 1930

From: [School exercise books of octavo size. 1800s-]

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOL-EXERCISE-BOOKS-1910s-01

Description: Cover shows an illustration of the main building of the King Edward Technical College. The inside pages are ruled. Held by Ms Feltham Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Ruled exercise book, 250 x 200 mm. Transfers: Dorothy Neal White papers, 2004..

Date: 1930 - 1940

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to Rotorua as a tourist destination. 1930-1939]

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Rotorua-1930s-02

Description: 16-page brochure with photographs and text, and front and back cover as photolithographs. The brochure describes various facilities and cures available, including the new Ward Bathhouse, the Blue Bath, and treatments at the Health Spa - with photographs of the Dry Farado electric massage and diathermy treatments, a sinusoidal electric bath, the Bergonie chair, high-frequency valve, ultra-violet ray and Aix massage douche. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, each 230 x 187 mm.

Date: 1915

From: [Ephemera relating to patriotism, fundraising for the war effort, during World War I. 1914-1918. Folder 1]

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Patriotic-1915-02

Description: Booklet contains advertising by local businesses. It contains full page portrait photographs of candidates in the Patriotic Carnival, including: Mrs Algar Williams (St John's Ambulance) Miss Low (Combined drapers) Mrs W H Smith (Forget-Me-Not Branch of Overseas Club) Miss Jessie Lewis (Young Boys' Society) Mrs S Hempton (Residents of Te Aro) Mrs A McVicar (Highland Society) Miss Teresa McEnroe (West Coasters' Association) Miss K Doughty (Wellington Commercial Travellers, Central Clubs & others, & Warehousemen's Association). Miss Doughty was the eventual winner (See Hawera & Normanby Star, 28 June 1915, Page 5). Nurse Everitt (Combined Sports) Dr Platts-Mills (Tramway Boys) Miss Jessie McKegg (Manawatu District) Miss M E Rosengrave (Trades & Labour Council) Miss Ann Palmer (Public Service Association) Miss Senior (Petone & Hutt Valley Districts) Miss Doris McCormack (Trentham Boys) Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 32 pages, 223 x 141 mm.

Date: 1900 - 1950

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PACKAGING-1900s-Assorted

Description: Includes labels for the following products: "Orana", the natural flavour of freshly squeezed oranges Hop ale; sparkling, delicious, non alcoholic, manufactured by __ Jefferson's hair restorer ... prepared only by J M Jefferson, chemist, Khyber Pass, Auckland Orana, a beautiful cooling drink, manufactured by H C Buckham, Queenstown The celebrated Gripe Drink for horses; a speedy cure for graipes, inflammation and stoppage of the bowels and urine. Stewart's essence of coffee and chicory. Prepared by C Stewart, Christchurch. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, lith, Chch (2 copies) Flavoured preservatised Sarsaparilla, carbonated, artificailly coloured. H C Buckham, cordial manufacturer, Queenstown Superior malt vinegar, London Old Jamaica rum, P Burke. Bottled in New Zealand. Whitcombe & Tombs Ld, ChCh Port wine. P Burke. Bottled in New Zealand. Whitcombe & Tombs Ld, ChCh Sherry, P Burke. Bottled in New Zealand. Whitcombe & Tombs Ld, ChCh (2 copies) Dixon's Crown soda water, sodium carbonate, 5 grains to the pint. Manufactured in accordance with the Sale of Food & Drugs Act, NZ. Palmerston North Woollams' hair restorer. It is not a dye. W H Woollams, chemist, Queen Street, Auckland. Finest Norwegian cod liver oil. J M Jefferson ... dispensing chemist, Kyber [sic] Pass (near Symond's St., Auckland) Quantity: 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithographs and offset prints, sizes varying

Date: 1940

From: [Programmes and fliers relating to music concerts and musical performances in New Zealand. 1940].

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1940-01

Description: Cover shows an arrangement of text in navy and gold, beneath a crest of the centennial, surrounded by a curtain border. Programme includes an introduction by Prime Minister Peter Fraser, foreword by Thomas Andrews, message from Christchurch Mayor R M Macfarlane. There are also portraits of Len Barnes, Harison Cook, Christchurch Centennial Music Festival Executive, Andersen Tyrer, James Shelley, Professor J C Bradshaw, Isobel Baillie, Gladys Ripley, Heddle Nash, Oscar Natzke, Alfred Worsley, Frederick Bullock, Raymond Beatty, Frank Bermingham, Maurice Clare, Frederick Page, Fred C Penfold, Victor S Peters, Professor James Hight, Leonard C travers, Eric Craighead, Mrs N W Robbins. Printed by Whitcombe and Tombs Limited - 84521. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Programme of 20 pages, 282 x 217 mm.

Date: 1935

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-RETAIL-1935-01

Description: One side advertises "His Master's Voice" radios and radiogramophones, and "Kohynor Limbershafts" golf clubs. The other side advertises a range of English crystal, "Judge" brand British enamelware, electric cookers, toasters and heaters, cooking utensils, horse covers, Amner's garden lime, gorse knives. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on red paper.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on two sides of poster, 445 x 565 mm.

Date: 1922

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I memorial services and war memorials. 1914-1929]

By: Levin (N.Z.). Borough Council; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Memorials-1922-01

Description: Front cover shows a photograph of the [Levin?] Peace Memorial Gates, enclosed in a border with a crown at the top and crosses at the four corners. Inside is a roll of honour of about 100 men, and individual photographic portraits of eight of them (Private E R Nicholson, Private Mills, Private Fred Hughes, Private R Blunden, Lieut T E Davidson, Private Thomas McKain, Private William Laing and Private L W Boulton). Psalm 46 is reproduced, as is a photograph of the Levin Memorial, and a portrait photograph of Mrs Banks who "was personally responsible for the preparation and despatch of 3,700 garments for the needy during the four years of war". The programme fore the opening includes an opening hymn, speech by Mr Thomson Chairman of Weraroa Mardi Gras, a musical number by Miss Thelma Shaw; golde key presentation by Mr L A Bowen of Waipukurau. Premier Massey's speech was to follow, then Psalm 46, prayers addresses and a speech by Mr Linklate, MP. There are photographs of Massey, Viscount Jellicoe, and Miss Joan Bevan, Queen of the Mardi Gras for 1922. Some pages of text of the history of Levin and early men of mark, with portraits of Richard Prouse, F P Stuckey, John R McDonald, J McIntyre, Peter Bartholomew, Thomas Walker, Marco Fosella, James Malcolm, Hector McDonald, B R Gardener and John Davies. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 25 pages, each 195 x 130 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 1995.

Date: 1956

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to Rotorua as a tourist destination. 1950-1959]

By: ANZ Banking Group (New Zealand); Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Rotorua-1956-01

Description: Pamphlet with a map of the Rotorua area, and a street map of the town on one side. The other side lists tours, hotels, theatres, travel bureaux, churches in Rotorua; ANZ Banking facilities, and branches in Rotorua. The front cover shows an illustration of children playing in water, probably a hot pool. Date estimated from pencil note on back: WN 1956 Nv 27 Tues. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on coloured sheet 310 x 300 mm, folded to 170 x 100 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: Mount Cook & Southern Lakes Tourist Company Ltd; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-South-Island-1930s-01

Description: One side is covered by photographs of Lake Wakatipu, Tasman Glacier, Hochstetter Icefall, The Hermitage Mt Cook ("thousands of feet above worry level"), Ice cave Tasman Glacier, Typical scene of Southern lakes. The other side gives descriptive text, a promotion of government railways, and a photograph of Queenstown, and some icy peaks around Mt Cook. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on either side of sheet.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, blue on either side of cream sheet, 434 x 530 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, antiquarian booksellers, in April 2001, and from Antipodean Books, in 2015.