Places

Date: 1899

From: [Ephemera and horticulture sales catalogues issued by New Zealand plant nurseries, 1870-1899].

By: Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-1899-01-back

Description: Shows a sprig of leaves and five fruit of the Clyman plum . Decorative border at top and bottom. Extended Title - Introducers of Japan mammoth chestnut and Japan walnut. Introducers of other valuable new fruits. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wilson and Horton, Printers, Auckland Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on back cover of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Offset lithograph, 214 x 140 mm.

Date: 1905

By: Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: Eph-D-POLITICS-1905-01

Description: Shows a map of the North Island with shading for Lands disposed of, Crown lands, and Native lands. The text argues that the locking-up of native and crown lands means that settlement is blocked, prosperity is retarded, commercial and industrial progress is hampered, agricultural and pastoral resources are remaining undeveloped, would-be settlers cannot find homes, and merchants and traders and the general community is seriously affected. This land, if thrown open for settlement would find employment for another 50,000 people. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Wilson and Horton, Printers, Auckland. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and engraving on paper, 570 x 455 mm.

Date: 1903

By: United Fire Brigades Association; Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: Eph-D-FIRE-1903-01

Description: A brightly-coloured certificate showing at the top a fire cart with a trailer holding the hose; two firemen holding hoses, and two further models of fire engine (one a steam driven vehicle and one horse-drawn). The decorative border incorporates the hoses held by the firemen. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Colour lithograph, 595 x 450 mm.

Date: 1883

By: Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: Eph-D-SHIP-1883-01

Description: Shows arrangement of text, with the New Zealand Shipping Company's flag.. Extended Title - The magnificent, full powered, steel built steamship British King, 3559 tons register, will be despatched from Lyttelton on or about the 31st March 1883, via the Straits of Magellan. The length of the passage is not expected to exceed 45 days. To be followed by the magnificent, steel built steamship British Queen, 3558 tons register... Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wilsons & Horton, Lith., Auckland. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, coloured, 570 x 472 mm.

Date: 1910 - 1918

By: Hatrick & Company Ltd (Whanganui, N.Z.); Wilson & Horton (Firm); Watkinson, Arthur Edgar, 1882-1918

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Wanganui-1910s-01

Description: Sheet folded into brown cover. Sheet shows a map of the Wanganui River flanked with photographs of 17 scenes on the river, including a photograph and description of Pipiriki House. Colouring is sepia, with blue highlights. The photographer A E Watkinson died in 1918; therefore this publication probably predates 1918. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on sheet 435 x 295 mm, folded into brown cover, 119 x 154 mm, with gold-lettered title.

Date: 1900 - 1920

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

By: Wilson & Horton (Firm)

Reference: Eph-F-MEAT-Gear-130

Description: Marlborough Rabbit Trapping and Meat Export Co label shows a sailing ship being loaded in a port at the right, and a still life arrangement of fruit with fish, pheasant (?) and rabbit at left. The borders are decorative. The S Kirkpatrick label is a generic one with a space for the specific food contained. It has floral and decoative motifs. Extended Title - From Gear Meat Company Scrapbook of labels, page [130]. Quantity: 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on labels.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, labels for tin, 108 x 342 mm, and 114 x 322 mm.