Places

Date: 1936 - 1937

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1937-01

Description: Shows a woman in a bathing costume leaping across in front of a background scene of Caroline Bay beach, Timaru. The beach is crowded with swimmers and sunbathers. In the right distance some ships are docked at the port. Dated from "New Zealand Railways magazine", 1 January 1937, page 44, where this image is reproduced. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 880 x 570 mm.

Date: 1940

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Sincock, R G, active 1900s

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-Wairakei-1940-01

Description: Shows a woman relaxing in a hammock and watching a fisherman, a golfer and some sunbathers. In the background is a red map of the area showing graphics of the Waikato River, a blowhole, boiling mud pools, Dancing Rock, Huka Falls and Fairy Bath. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - (Rubber stamp of previous owner): R G Sincock Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 885 x 565 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by R G Sincock whose name is stamped at lower right.

Date: 1940 - 1959

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Smiths City Market; Christchurch Press Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-FURNITURE-1950s-01

Description: Shows a bedroom with two single beds, two rugs, a corner drawer and bookcase unit, table lamp, mirror, window with yellow curtains and venetian blinds. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph and screenprint, 1015 x 760 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2007.

Date: 1935

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Loney, George Henry, 1871-1957

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-Mt-Cook-1935-01

Description: Shows a young woman in a short skirt, striped top and beret, with a walking stick, standing in a mountains setting, with Mt Cook and the Hermitage in the background. There are edelweiss flowers around her feet. The sky is red. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on sheet , 875 x 565 mm.

Date: 1932

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-Rotorua-1932-01

Description: Shows a montage of illustrations of activities and facilities available at Rotorua. Includes a view of the swimming baths, and above, patients being treated by Aix massage douche, Schnee multipolar electric bath (a massage therapy), and high frequency valve. Dated from the same image that appears in the "Railways magazine", November-December 1932. Notes there indicate that the treatments were useful for rheumatics, sciatica, gout, lumbago and similar problems. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Colour lithograph, 1010 x 633 mm.

Date: 1938 - 1939

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Holmwood, Edward John Evelyn, 1910-1987

Reference: Eph-E-RAIL-1930s-04

Description: Shows Lake Wanaka seen through trees, with some cultivated rows in fields at the left. In conversation with Hamish Thompson in 2005, Jim Morrison, an employee of the Railways in 1947-1987, attributed this poster to artist John Holmwood. Dated with reference to the fact that the poster may be one of the six new posters mentioned in the Railways Department's annual report for 1938-1939. They are described as reaching "a new standard for New Zealand" with "excellence in their design and printing". Peter Alsop reports (email 28 January 2020) that three of the six appear in a photograph held by Rotorua Museum; the photograph also shows a poster for the New Zealand Centennial, suggesting a date of around 1939. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 1015 x 640 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2004.

Date: 1930 - 1939

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

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-Westland-1930s-01

Description: Shows a montage of glaciers, flowering rata, mountains and bush, as if on a map of a portion of the West Coast, with the far left edge showing the coast and sea. Linen-backed before arrival in the Library. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Collotype, 1010 x 635 mm.

Date: 8 Jul 1939

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: PAColl-9150-02

Description: Opening of the Napier-Wairoa-Waikokopu railway, at Wairoa, 8 July 1939, photographed for the Railways Publicity Department. Shows a crowd. Source of descriptive information - Evening Post caption attached to back of print. Dated from ink stamp on back of print. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 12.4 x 19.8 cm

Date: 1935

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

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1935-01

Description: Shows a frontal picture of a laughing young woman waterskier. The crowded beach and town of Timaru are in the background. Dated from the same image that appears on the cover of a brochure, dated approximately 1935 (at Eph-A-TOURISM-Canterbury-1935). Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 880 x 578 mm.

Date: 1938 - 1939

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Holmwood, Edward John Evelyn, 1910-1987

Reference: Eph-E-RAIL-1930s-07

Description: Shows an illustration of a lake or fiord scene in Fiordland. In conversation with Hamish Thompson in 2005, Jim Morrison, an employee of the Railways in 1947-1987, attributed this poster to artist John Holmwood. Dated with reference to the fact that the poster may be one of the six new posters mentioned in the Railways Department's annual report for 1938-1939. They are described as reaching "a new standard for New Zealand" with "excellence in their design and printing". Peter Alsop reports (email 28 January 2020) that three of the six appear in a photograph held by Rotorua Museum; the photograph also shows a poster for the New Zealand Centennial, suggesting a date of around 1939. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 1015 x 635 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-E-HOTEL-1930s-01

Description: Shows each of the four hotels laid out roughly in their relative positions within New Zealand. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Screenprint, 1015 x 762 mm.

Date: 1934

From: New Zealand. Railways. Publicity Branch: See New Zealand by rail. Mt Cook by rail & motor. 1934.

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Mt-Cook-1934-01-cover

Description: Colour print shows trampers resting and looking at Mt Cook, in the left panel; and at the right, skiers outside the Hermitage. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of booklet.. Physical Description: Coloured print on folded brochure, 228 x 190 mm.

Date: 1950

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Christchurch Press Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-FRUIT-1950-01

Description: Poster shows at top left a train and at top right a steamship, both ways of sending produce to Reilly's. The central circular title panel is flanked by the Union Jack at left and a New Zealand flag at the right. The lower half shows many different fruit and vegetables. Dated with reference to a photograph showing the poster on the Rakaia Railway Station on 29 March 1950. (Archives New Zealand files Neg. no B-57, photographer Le Cren) Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 1015 x 755 mm.

Date: 1935

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-Christchurch-1935-01

Description: Shows a composite picture of various elements, of the Avon River at the Bridge of Remembrance, seen from Cambridge Terrace, with the Cathedral Spire and other buildings in the background. The columns or pillars in the foreground may be those of the cloisters in the old University of Canterbury building (later the Art Centre). Below are three square inset scenes of a lake, a mountain and Hanmer Springs. Dated from New Zealand Railway magazine, November 1935, page 16. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 1010 x 585 mm.

Date: 1945 - 1955

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-E-RETAIL-1940s-01

Description: Poster advertising the Dunedin store, the Drapery Supply Association Ltd, shows a shop facade of a two-storey building lit up in neon and window lighting at night. Pedestrians stand and walk, silhouetted against the shop windows. Almost all of the pedestrians wear hats. Other Titles - The Drapery Supply Association Ltd Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 1015 x 755 mm.

Date: 1938 - 1939

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Holmwood, Edward John Evelyn, 1910-1987

Reference: Eph-E-RAIL-1930s-05

Description: Shows a snow-capped Mount Taranaki seen from the recreation ground in New Plymouth, with a decorative wooden bridge in the foreground, over a stretch of water. There is a tree fern in the left foreground, framing the scene. In conversation with Hamish Thompson in 2005, Jim Morrison, an employee of the Railways in 1947-1987, attributed this poster to artist John Holmwood. Dated with reference to the fact that the poster may be one of the six new posters mentioned in the Railways Department's annual report for 1938-1939. They are described as reaching "a new standard for New Zealand" with "excellence in their design and printing". Peter Alsop reports (email 28 January 2020) that three of the six appear in a photograph held by Rotorua Museum; the photograph also shows a poster for the New Zealand Centennial, suggesting a date of around 1939. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 1015 x 640 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2004.

Date: 1938 - 1939

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Holmwood, Edward John Evelyn, 1910-1987

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-Queenstown-1930s-01

Description: Shows view over Queenstown waterfront towards the Remarkables in the background. In conversation with Hamish Thompson in 2005, Jim Morrison, an employee of the Railways in 1947-1987, attributed this poster to artist John Holmwood. Dated with reference to the fact that the poster may be one of the six new posters mentioned in the Railways Department's annual report for 1938-1939. They are described as reaching "a new standard for New Zealand" with "excellence in their design and printing". Peter Alsop reports (email 28 January 2020) that three of the six appear in a photograph held by Rotorua Museum; the photograph also shows a poster for the New Zealand Centennial, suggesting a date of around 1939. Other Titles - Poster Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Issued by the N.Z. Railways Publicity Branch. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, colour, 1005 x 630 mm.

Date: 1934

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Tauranga Chamber of Commerce

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Tauranga-1934-01

Description: Shows a man reaching to help a friend (whose hand is visible at the left) in climbing to a place with a view of the beach at Tauranga and Mt Maunganui in the background. The sun is at the top right. Dated 1934; see reproduction in "New Zealand Railways magazine", July 1934, page 2. Similar to a Publicity Studios poster issued at this time (for sale at auction 1999). Other Titles - Booklet cover Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of booklet.. Physical Description: Coloured print, on booklet cover 230 x 199 mm.

Date: 1933

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Southland-1933-01

Description: Shows two panels, the left one showing two men fishing on a lake shore, and the other showing steamers gliding between high lakeside cliffs. Colouring is purple, orange, and black. Other Titles - Tourist brochure Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on brochure, 227 x 189 mm.

Date: 1931 - 1932

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Lovell-Smith, Edgar McLeod, 1875-1950; Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-ca-1932-01

Description: Shows the front of the Chateau Tongariro, with skiers and hotel guests in front. In background, Mount Ngauruhoe smokes. This image also appeared on a "poster stamp" issued by the New Zealand Government Tourist and Publicity Department (see stamp booklet at Eph-A-TOURISM-NZ-1930s). Possible suggested artist is Edgar Lovell-Smith. Dated from the appearance of similar picture in "New Zealand railways magazine, October 1932, page 3. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, colour, 1010 x 642 mm.