Places

Date: 1927

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

By: New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts; Skinner, William Alexander George, 1865-1939

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Rotorua-1927-01

Description: Booklet promoting the Rotorua Baths and evaluating their waters: the acid sulphur baths including the Priest and the Postmaster; and the alkaline sulphur waters including the Rachel. Also discusses the mud baths, the Radium Bath, the Duchess Bath and the Blue Bath; the Aix and Vichy systems of douche massage; the dry massage and electrical treatment including Dr Schnee's electric multipolar bath, the Bergonie apparatus, electric-light bath, Greville hot-air baths and diathermy. Another section discusses the drinking of water - Rachel water and water brought from the springs at Te Aroha. There is a page on the Sanatorium, a list of fees for all the health treatments, and a timetable of bathing hours. The front cover shows a photograph of the Bath House, Rotorua. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, each 124 x 150 mm.

Date: 1924

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

By: New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts; Messenger, Arthur Herbert, 1877-1962; Skinner, William Alexander George, 1865-1939

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Rotorua-1924-01

Description: Brochure advertising the attractions of Rotorua. The cover wrap shows colour illustrations by A H Messenger of trampers on the Tongariro Crossing, a traditionally dressed Maori girl fishing guide beside a lake, and an open-topped motor car driving beside a lake. Inside is text, with photographs of Rotorua, Guide Rangi at the Model Pah, a Maori welcome at Whakarewarewa, steaming pools, the Waimangu Geyser, Maori cooking food in a hot pool, a Maori hangi, the Bath Building, and a bird's-eye map of the thermal region. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brochure, 7 pages 242 x 310 mm, folded to 242 x 103 mm. Provenance: Purchased from J R Witte, United States, in 2006.

Date: 1925 - 1939

By: King, Marcus, 1891-1983; New Zealand. Government Publicity Office; Skinner, William Alexander George, 1865-1939

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1930s-09

Description: Shows a well-dress couple at lower left, watching a huge geyser playing, amidst a thermal landscape. The poster was intended for distribution in Australia, as the prospective traveller is invited to get full particulars from agencies in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Linen-backed before arrival in the Library. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, on poster 930 x 640 mm.