Places

Date: 1981

By: Siddell, Peter Graham (Sir), 1935-2011; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-101

Description: Composition with buildings and grassy hill, evocative of Auckland Original acrylic in Auckland City Art Gallery, measures 113 x 149 mm Same as C-085-010-a Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured, 390 x 510 mm on sheet 580 x 730 mm

Date: 1981

By: Siddell, Peter Graham (Sir), 1935-2011; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-101-a

Description: Composition with buildings and grassy hill, evocative of Auckland Original acrylic in Auckland City Art Gallery, measures 113 x 149 mm Same as C-085-010 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured, 390 x 510 mm on sheet 580 x 730 mm

Date: 1950

From: [Various cartoonists including Sir Gordon Minhinnick 1902-1992] :[Newspaper clippings of cartoons from New Zealand newspapers. 15 December 1948 to 5 September 1972.]

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; Auckland Herald (Newspaper)

Reference: E-549-q-01-082

Description: Shows a couple looking at six pictures, entitled: "The house next door - to let"; "Butcher!" (butcher delivers meat to the housewife's door); "Still life" (Scotch whisky bottle and glass); "Auckland Harbour" (no ships tied up by striking workers); "Rice pudding" (good old-fashioned dessert); "Certainly Madam, we'll send them on approval this afternoon" (polite treatment from shop salesman). Published in the Auckland Herald on 10 March 1950. Other Titles - Look, John, How quaint! - No ships waiting at anchor! Quantity: 1 newspaper clipping. Physical Description: newspaper clipping, 152 x 227 mm.

Date: 1961

From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1961

Description: Includes: Auckland Gallery Associates. "A time for sowing", by Frank Sargeson. Produced by Chris Cathcart. Auckland City Art Gallery, May-June 1961. Programme. Auckland University Drama Society. "Othello" by William Shakespeare. [1961?] Programme. CAS Theatre. Michael Redgrave's "The Aspern papers", based on the book by Henry James. Directed by Ronald Barker. Decor by Peter Smith. Saint Andrews Hall (Auckland). 6-11 November 1961. Flyer (2 copies) CAS Theatre. Shakespeare's "Love's labours lost". Music by Ian McLean, decoration by John Coulson; directed by Ronald Barker. Auckland Festival play 1961. Programme Hamilton Playbox Repertory Society. "Hotel Paradiso", by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallieres. Produced by David Reid. Little Theatre. 2-9 September 1961. Programme. Kaikoura Drama Club. "The happiest days of your life", by John Dighton. Produced by Sidney Drury. [ca 1961]. Programme Kaikoura Drama Club. "Something in the attic" (producers I Vaughan and N Stove); "The bishop's candlesticks" (Producer M E Perry); "Her husband's harem" (producer V Johnston). [ca 1961]. Programme Kaikoura Drama Club. "Wake up and woo!", by Dudley Harcourt. produced by M E Perry. Kaikoura Memorial Centre, 18-19 October [1961?]. Programme Masterton Little Theatre Society. Harlequin; "The Happy journey", by Thornton Wilder; "Pyramus and Thisbe" by William Shakespeare. Official opening [of Harlequin Theatre for the Society]. 29 April 1961. Programme [New Zealand Theatre Company]. Bullfitt Family Players present "East Lynne", produced by Bruce Mason. [ca 1961?], Programme. (2 copies) New Zealand Theatre Company. "Romeo and Juliet". First national tour, June 1961. Produced by Richard Campion. Music by David Farquhar, decor by Raymond Boyce, dances arr by Walter Trevor, duelling scenes arranged by John Kardoss. Programme (2 copies), and promotional pamphlet (2 copies). New Zealand Theatre Company. "Romeo and Juliet". Grand premiere performance [of] first national tour. Opera House Wellington. 16 June 1961. Programme (2 copies) Shoestring Players. "Here we come gathering ... ", by Philip King and Anthony Armstrong. Produced by Alison Hall and directed by Kemp Eriksen. [1961?] Programme. (2 copies) Shoestring Players. "A lady mislaid" by Kenneth Horne. Produced by Norman Haines. South Wellington Intermediate School Theatrette. 27-28 June 1961. Programme. (2 copies) plus card / ticket. Southern Comedy Players. "Watch it, sailor!", by Philip King and Falkland Cary. Produced by John Kim. (With individual cast photos). 1961. Programme. Southern Comedy Players present "Watch it, sailor!"His Majesty's Theatre Auckland. 14 October 1961. Programme. Taumarumui Repertory Society Inc presents "Bonaventure", by Charlotte Hastings. Produced by Joan Holmes. Taumarunui War Memorial Hall. 3-6 May 1961. Programme. Taumarunui Repertory Society Inc presents "Castle in the air", by Alan Melville. Produced by Armorel Rennie. Taumarunui War Memorial Hall. 9-12 Auguat 1961. Programme. Tawa-Linden Drama Group presents "Blithe spirit", by Noel Coward. Producer Jean Easson. Linden Community Centre, 30 October - 1 November [1961]. Programme Victoria University Department of English presents two new plays: "Free" by Joseph Musaphia; "Three women and the sea" by James K Baxter. Memorial Theatre, performed by Theatre Workshop of the New Zealand Theatre Company. 25-29 November 1961. Programmes (2 different, 2 copies of one, 3 of the other- differing colours) Wellington Teachers' College. Maori Club. "The legend of Wiremu". Produced by George Webby. College Hall, 2-4 November 1961. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 23 theatre programmes and flyers.. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, sizes below 250 mm.

Date: 1982

By: Siddell, Peter Graham (Sir), 1935-2011; Art Nouveau Publishing Company

Reference: D-019-013

Description: Shows a suburban townscape imaginatively based on Auckland From original acrylic, 1976, 1130 x 1490m mm, in Auckland City Art Gallery Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured, 580 x 769 mm (image), on sheet 679 x 1012 mm

Date: 1952 - 1953

By: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: J-036-001/088

Description: New Zealand topics include family life, a proposed atomic power plant for Auckland, rates blowout in Auckland, electoral boundary changes, rising public transport fares, retailing, banking, income tax, agricultural protection policies, power cuts and hydroelectric power, flucating wool prices, financing of and patronage of the arts, telephone tapping, undercover police, education policy and funding of the Education Department, meat imports from Denmark, meat trade with the United States, trade with the USSR, political parties, the cost of living, difficulties funding the construction of the Auckland Harbour bridge, the Land Settlement Bill, local body financing, the profitability of the National Airways Corporation, deregulation of power boards, sales tax on motor vehicles and aging vehicles, import controls, traffic accidents and drivers' licences, manners and customs, Royal visit, international borrowing from the United States, public expenditure, taxation, funding of Auckland's sewage scheme, price controls, exchange controls, the budget, strikes, housing policies, the election, betting, rugby, cricket spectators, rabbiters, hairdessing prices and the liquor trade and duck shooting. International topics include relations between the United Kingdom and the United States, the Empire Finance Ministers Conference, naval command of the Atlantic, climate change and international relations in Europe, the British monarchy, the "communist threat from the 'Red East' ", US President Eisenhower's dealings with USSR President Joseph Stalin, judicial power disputes in South Africa, race relations in South Africa and in Kenya, New Zealand's meat trade with the United States, meat imports from Denmark, New Zealand's trade with the USSR, the American Presidential election, Pacific region relationships, an international air race, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain, attacks on British residents in Egypt, the spece of the Korean war, disputes over Persian oil and internal politics in Persia (Iran). Quantity: 88 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size photocopies, vertical orientation. Image size approximately 370 by 250 mm.

Date: 1975

Reference: Eph-D-ARTS-1975-01

Description: Shows a back and side view of two women in coats and scarves, looking at plants on a trestle table. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 550 x 431 mm.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2064-F

Description: Panoramic view of Auckland city taken from the parapet of St Matthew's Church in Federal Street. Rangitoto Island and Auckland harbour are seen on the far left. Wellesley Street runs down the hill centre left towards the Auckland Art Gallery with Albert Park to the left of the gallery. Partington's Mill is seen near the horizon on the right, with Mount Eden behind. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Auckland from St. Matthew's Church, No. 1. New Zealand; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Auckland from St. Mathews [i.e. Matthews]. 25; Marginal notes on negative - 3 3 3 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 136.6 cm