Places

Date: 1933 - 1935

From: [Ephemera, sales catalogues, and advertising for retail firms, traders, shops and stores. 1930-1939]

By: Simpson and Williams Ltd; Southwell, Cynthia, active 1997

Reference: Eph-A-RETAIL-1934-01

Description: Booklet advertising goods for sale from various Christchurch retail outlets: Provincial Hotel (for liquor supplies), H C Urlwin Ltd (electrical appliances), Ashby Bergh & Co Ltd (household, sporting and camping goods), Butlers (N.Z.) Ltd (Ekco radios), Penrose's Shoe Store, Minson's (tableware and household goods), Knowles (poultry and fish), Blackwell Motors (Chevrolet), Watkinson's Ltd (automobile electrical supplies) , Simpson & Williams Ltd (books and gifts), Alston's (bags and luggage), Stacey & Hawker ("S.X." bread), Smart & Son's Ltd (pavers, concrete and asphalt work), Meltzer Bros (tents), Waddell's (grocers), Canterbury Frozen Meat Co (butchers), Herb Laban Ltd (menswear). Other Titles - Christmas Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 20 pages, each 240 x 180 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs C Southwell, in 1997.

Date: 1925 - 1955

From: Te Whaiti family : Collection

By: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968

Reference: E-498-055

Description: Offset lithograph, on card 157 x 185 mm. Refer to Loan Deed for information about the conditions of deposit Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on greetings card.. Physical Description: Offset lithograph on greeting card 157 x 185 mm. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753, September 2022.

Date: 1974

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to health, public health, nutrition]

By: Auckland Tuberculosis & Chest Diseases Association Inc; Claridge, C I (Mrs), active 2008

Reference: Eph-A-HEALTH-1974-01

Description: Letter from the Association accompanies an envelope of two sheets of stickers showing the Auckland War Memorial NMuseum, with the wording: "Help fight Tb, Auckland & Northland 1974". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Sheets of coloured stickers, 4 x 4 stickers on sheet 115 x 150 mm.

Date: ca 1968, ca 1970s

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-3046

Description: Transparencies taken by Cyril Beavis circa 1970s showing Santa Claus as the subject of a photoshoot, posed on board a catamaran. Also includes images of a trip by car to Colonial Knob, Porirua taken by Beavis circa 1968. Transparencies showing Santa Claus photoshoots are also at PA12-3044 and PA12-3045. Transparencies showing trip to Colonial Knob are continued at PA12-3047. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Slides delivered in housing with annotations that read "Santa Claus" and "Car to Colonial Knob". Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Processing information: Reference number changed in September 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-26 and PAColl-7715-92.

Date: 1982,1985

From: King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-9029-007

Description: Article on the visit of the Novara to Takapuna, in 1858, for publication in the Summer Book, published by Bridget Williams; Extract from log of Novara, translated by Reuel Lochore Other Titles - Summer Book Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1939

By: Otaki mail (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-D-RETAIL-1939-02

Description: Arrangement of text stating the hours of opening for Otaki shops over the Christmas period. Businesses include: Bills Bros Ltd (grocery), H B Edhouse (drapery, clothing and footwear), L G Gimblett & Co Ltd, Larsen's Shoe Store, L G Lowry (stationer and bookseller), Arthur Knox (hairdresser and tobacconist), Grey's Shoe Store, E L Eason (shoe repairs), B Knox (hairdresser and tobacconist), H G Wylie (stationer and bookseller), S.D.S. (dry cleaner), A F Brown (grocer), L F Moss (electrician), Community Stores (general merchants), Estella Dressmaking Salon, Cyril Smith (painting and paperhanging), John Potts (watchmaker and jeweller), E J Cook (refrigerators), Wilson's Pharmacy, L F Dowsett (general), L Larsen's (stationer), McBeth & Sons (butchers), Granfield and Coy (paint), S W Harvey (electrician). Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on blue paper.. Physical Description: Offset print, 590 x 455 mm.

Date: 2004

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-

Reference: H-739-039/049

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. Quantity: 11 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

Date: 1939, 1946-1948

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-048

Description: Photographs of disasters and natural phenomena made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of fires in Taupo (20 February 1946) and Hastings (13 February 1946); floods in Hokitika (24 April 1947); floods and storms in Lower Hutt and Wellington (February 1947); land slips; train accidents; a mountain rescue (15 January 1947); and recovery of a truck from a river (7 December 1948). Photographers include M C Lysons and Frank H Preddy. Quantity: 46 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 2001 - 2002

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-674-001/026

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Shows a destroyed bus (peace process) destroyed first by the Palestinian suicide bombers and them by Israeli war planes. Health spending priorities promote huge salaries for the CEO and a pittence for everyone else. Cartoon obituary to Sir Peter Blake. A dolphin weeps. Shows a flag at hslf-mast over the sea and a poem for Sir peter Blake. Peter Jackson, Director of Lord of the Rings dresses up for the New Zealand premiere. Debate in the Parliamentary Chamber on proposed changes referred to as the 'wipe the slate clean' Bill. Helen Clark hides from the anger of the grounded NZ Air Force capability. Children's perception of the difference in pay rises between MP's and teachers. Shows a tour guide explaining the virtues and down-side of New Zealand to a group of travel writers. Shows Bin Laden jumping the cue at the plastic surgery clinic. Shows MP's defending themselves at a press conference against charges of triple-dipping from public funds. Shows the men calling the tune on America's anti-terrorism campaign. Shows the leader of the National Party, Bill English asking Santa Claus for a Christmas present. Santa and his reindeer narrowly avoid being hit by airborne missiles. Shows an All Black selector recruiting new talent from a war zone. Shows Helen Clark and Jim Anderton clucking over their new baby (Air New Zealand), while Michael Cullen advises them not to get too attached as it'll be up for adoption as soon as it can stand on it's own feet. Winston Peters climbs up to his attic to dust off his 'super scare monger' suit. Slobadon Milosevich stands in the War Crimes Tribunal dock with his hands dripping in blood, he defys the authority of the court. A tribute to New zealand Criketerl, Chris Cairns as 'King of the Oval.' Shows Tranzrail passengers being shown a pick-axe they are to use in case of a derailment. Shows detainees at Guantanamo Bay being asked by their detainers if they have any complaints. They wear something like a gas mask so their answer is impossible to understand. Refers to anti-terrorism war and those captured by American-led forces. Shows politicicians as children engaged in petty squabbles as the election draws near. Comment on asylum seekers in Australia seeking help from the rest of the world. Shows Israeli troops in a armoured tank trying to force Yasser Arafat to end Palestinian violence. Shows an Australian teacher explaining to his students that only those arriving in Australia between 1840 and 2000 are 'fair dinkum Aussies'. National Party leader, Bill English dons a judges cloak, a hangman's noose and an executioners hood as he campaigns on a law and order platform. ACT leader, Richard Prebble outlines his stand on immigration policy. Quantity: 27 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1987

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-362-224/248

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 25 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary.

Date: 1924

By: Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)

Reference: B-161-001

Description: Shows a woman reclining and looking up from a book she is reading, on the shore underneath a pohutukawa tree in bloom. A yacht passes by on the right. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on sheet 443 x 313 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in July 2001.

Date: 1865

From: Various artists :[Reproductions by Tauranga District Libraries. 1 Horatio Gordon Robley. Canoe race Tauranga Christmas 1865; 2. Three watercolours by an unknown soldier at Gate Pa; 3. Two watercolours by Emma Mary Vogan. Reproduced 1990s?]

By: Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930

Reference: A-426-079

Description: Shows three canoes racing and a crowd of spectators on the near show. Reproduced by Tauranga District Libraries, from an original. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 117 x 232 mm, on sheet 155 x 267 mm

Date: 1907 - 1913

By: Harry H Tombs Ltd; Art in New Zealand (Periodical)

Reference: Eph-A-POST-TM-1907/1913

Description: Christmas greeting cards sent by the telegraph messengers and postal workers, mainly in the South Taranaki district (Eltham, Stratford, Waverley, Patea, Opunake), but also from Wanganui, Woodville, Dannevirke, Marton, Foxton, Onehunga, Christchurch, Hokitika, Nelson, New Plymouth, Wellington, Feilding, Hastings and Thames. Quantity: 43 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Embossed cards, sizes varying up to 90 x 140 mm. Transfers: Collection accessioned in Ephemera, and photographic cards transferred from there to Photographic Archive PAColl-9266..

Date: 1905

By: Christchurch Press Company Ltd; Squires, Harry (Rev), 1907?-1954

Reference: Eph-C-SERIAL-1905-01

Description: An arrangement of text, listing on the left side the colour picture supplements: "Mana" (Te Heuheu V) and "The Manawatu Gorge", and the stories included in the 1905 Christmas number of the 'Weekly Press'. Down the right side is a list of all the illustrations in the Christmas number, covering topics of landscape, tourism, and personal interest. The Library holds copies of the colour supplement illustrations: "Mana" by Wilhelm Dittmer, at C-067-001, and "Manawatu Gorge" at C-065-017. This broadsheet came into the Library with "The Holy Bible ..." Oxford, Printed at the Bible Press, 1829. Reference number BS 185 1829 O94. (qREng BIBLE 1829) Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 510 x 317 mm. Provenance: From the papers of the Reverend Harry Squires, in 1963.

Date: 1981

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-135-811

Description: Shows a man fishing in a Christmas stocking while his wife sits up in bed asking if 'he', i.e. Muldoon, has given them something good for Christmas. Refers to deteriorating economic conditions and rises in postal and rail charges and cost of Marsden Point refinery extension. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 450 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1986 - 1989

By: Darroch, Bob, 1940-; Christchurch star (Newspaper : 1958- )

Reference: A-316-060/084

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand social issues and politics. New Zealand switches from milk in bottles to milk in cartons. Hayley's Comet turns out to be disappointing for most star gazers. High number of requests for aid from sports and charity groups. Children deny tobacco advertising influences their smoking habits. Core samples are taken from the hull of the New Zealand entrant to the America's Cup. 1986 - the International Year of Peace - $1,746,000,000,000 spent on weapons. Mother's Day again. Burglar makes himself at home. General election candidates begin their hand-shaking tour of the rural areas. There's a big turnout for the rugby on election day. People are getting overloaded with the morning radio bad 'news'. Christmas shopping bedlum is upon us. ANZAC Day shows the difference between the self-sacrificing of the returned service men and women and the selfishness of youth. The French do another nuclear bomb test. Cups are shown off at the yacht club, some for winning races but mostly for winning court battles over yacht race rules. Parents supporting their children from the rugby sidelines are becoming increasingly violent. Over-crowding of New Zealand prisons. New Zealand's economic slump sees long ques of people waiting to get Government assistance through the Dept. of Social Welfare. Rogernomics puts the whole country into crisis. Post Offices are closed around the country. Children embrace cigarette smoking. Hospital emergency outpatients restrict their services in an effort to cut costs. Pakeha consider how they can benefit from the Maori land claim process. The law struggles to deal with complications of using force in your own self defence. Ozone layer threatened by fumes, smoke and smog. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). 24 photocopies. Physical Description: A4 size original and photocopies of ink and letraset drawings.

Date: 1986

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Sunday star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-364-001/029

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 29 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1946 - 1955

By: Lee, Owen Raymond, 1918-2002

Reference: A-356-014

Description: A greeting card featuring the crest of St Peter's School on the front, with its motto "Structa Saxo". Inside is the greeting, and a blue woodcut of a tree in a field. Dated 1946-1955, because a 1955 reference letter from the headmaster of St Peter's School, said that he had been at the school for the past nine years. (This letter came with same accession and was transferred to Manuscripts with other Owen R Lee material). Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on greeting card. Physical Description: Woodcut on greeting card, folded to 100 x 140 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane auction, Wellington, 13 May 2004, lot 333. From the estate of Owen R Lee.

Date: 2000

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-

Reference: H-631-001/032

Description: Topics include George W. Bush's takeover from Bill Clinton as President of the United States, the race between Al Gore and George W. Bush for the United States Presidency, Bush's pro-capital punishment record, pay cuts for television newsreaders, Associate Minister of Maori Affairs Tariana Turia's controversial use of the word 'holocaust', health restructuring, lip service at the APEC trade talks, Prime Minister Helen Clark's new persona as a fashion icon, indigenous Maori responses to whale strandings, indigenous 'rights' to whaling, low funding of police and police recruitment, the government's 'Closing of the Gaps' policy and racial harmony, the Serious Frand Office, the aftermath of the Fiji coup and government policy on sporting contacts, the legalisation of euthanasia in the Netherlands, smoking restrictions, sex education, teaching of spelling, subdivision town planning dispute in Queenstown, the World Trade Organisation and United States lamb tariffs, Australian attitudes towards aborigines and kiwi immigrants, protest at Waitangi Day celebrations, tree conservation and Christmas trees, and Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton's wish to establish a 'Peoples' Bank'. Quantity: 32 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 1986-1987

From: Dennis, Lawrence Samuel, 1915-2000 :Photographs relating to the career of Lawrence Samuel Dennis

Reference: PA1-o-1706

Description: Includes - Timothy and Karen's property at Whangaroa, November 1986. Views over a thermal area. Michael, May, and Timothy's visit, December 1986. View of Wellington and a large crane positioning a bridge across Kelburn Parade between university buildings. Wellington houses. Christmas lunch, Titahi Bay. Visit to vinyards in the Nelson-Marlborough region. A funeral in Fiji. Source of title - Title supplied by the Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).