Places

Date: 1940

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

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

Description: Pamphlet promoting Wairakei as a tourist destination, with a map of the area, photographs, and illustrations. Date taken from handwritten date on cover. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on both sides of pamphlet. Physical Description: Photolithographs on both sides of pamphlet 240 x 408 mm, folded to 240 x 102 mm.

Date: 1954

From: New Zealand Railways :[Ephemera relating to railways, railway trains, rail timetables, rail travel in New Zealand. 1950-1959]

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

Reference: Eph-A-RAIL-1954-02

Description: A pamphlet promoting rail travel from Auckland to Rotorua, with a history of the building of the rail link, its engineering features, a map of the route, and "wayside notes" about the locations travelled through. There are scenic photographs and views of the inside of the train carriages. The front cover features a train and a tiki. Other Titles - Christchurch Quantity: 1 pamphlet. Physical Description: Photolithographs on pamphlet, 460 x 375 mm. (folded 230 x 96 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.