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: 1927

Reference: PA-Group-00431

Description: Views of the 1927 Royal Tour of New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes displays viewed and events attended by the royal couple, as well as travelling between towns by car and train. Places visited include: the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Wigram airport, Canterbury University, the view over Lyall Bay from Truby King's house, Dunedin war memorial and the war memorial at Waitaki Boys' High School, Government House in Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048049 to 048258, 049253 to 049455, 1/2-175202 to 175220 Quantity: 386 b&w original negative(s) glass. 27 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2002. Reference number changed from PAColl-6909 to PA-Group-00431 in 2009.

Date: [ca 1920-1945]

Reference: PAColl-6962

Description: 15 images including: three of young men practising life saving skills in the sea with a rope on a winch; two of girl guides helping at a kindergarten; two of East Street, Ashburton showing the different businesses parked cars and trees opposite; a car broken down in the middle of a ford; flooding on the road to the Harihari Hotel, with cattle being driven along it; a timber camp of five tents in the bush; a house at Kennedy's Bush on Banks Peninsula ca 1920; decorated boats on the Avon River with crowds on the banks watching and Ward & Co factory in the background; Cashel Street ca 1920 busy with trafic and pedestrians; and the Free Lance offices on The Terrace, Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059480 to 059494 Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s) film. 12 b&w original negative(s) glass. Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1962 - 1964

Reference: Eph-A-ELECTRICITY-1963-01

Description: Lists radios, television, amateur radio, components, electrical goods. Includes valves, condensers, transistors, etc. Includes a photograph of the interior of the Christchurch shop. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 24 pages, 246 x 178 mm.

Date: [1903-1920]

By: Grant, F J, active 1980s; Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918

Reference: PAColl-0362

Description: Photographs taken during the royal tour of New Zealand made by the Prince of Wales in 1920. Many of the images are of military inspections and displays by school children. There are also displays of Maori dancing and singing, the sailors of the HMS Renown, on which the prince had travelled , prior to their soccer match in Dunedin, the prince addressing the crowds etc. A number of the images are in two-part panoramas. Also included are four scenic photographs by the New Zealand Tourist Department which may have been taken in 1903. The photographer for the tour photographs was Guy. Other - Similar images at 1/2-032642, 045102 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1930s-1940s

Reference: PAColl-6610

Description: 9 views of Canterbury towns: Lincoln hotel, supply store and railway station; Hawarden Post and Telegraph Office; Waikari Post and Telegraph Office; street scene in Waikari; the promenade at Caroline Bay with a large hotel above it; the premises of the Dominion Compressed Yeast Company in Christchurch; and an unidentified town which is probably Timaru with boats moored in the harbour. Photographer unidentified. The image which is probably Timaru is identified in the negative accession register as Rotheram but this town is inland and near neither a lake nor a river therefore this is not likley to be correct. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-018080, 1/4-018082 to 018088, and 1/4-018170 Quantity: 9 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1962 - 1970 - 1991 - 2006 - 1981 - 2009

Reference: Eph-C-BOOKSELLERS-1950/2009

Description: Includes: Arty Bees Books. Two locations: 17 Courtenay Place & The Oaks in Manners Street. www.artybees.co.nz [4 different posters. 2007] Booksellers cleared; extracts from the Decision of Judge Dalglish allowing the Appeal of the Associated Booksellers of New Zealand. [1962]. Dymocks Booksellers. [Plastic bag. 2000]. The Ferret Bookshop. Poke your nose in. Books bought and sold. 72 Dixon Street Wellington. 1981. 3 versions, one on yellow paper, the others on white. Pathfinder Book Shop; books for inner development and wellbeing. Catalogue 1991/92. Resistance Book Shop, 154 Willis St. [Screenprint showing the facade of the two-storeyed building used for the shop. 1970s] (2 copies). Plus photograph and photographic negative of a similar image with text beneath image Resistance Bookshop and Action Centre, 9 Ferry Road, PO Box 2258 Christchurch. Books, Magazines, Meeting facilities, Food Co-op. 1975 (Screenprint, 2 copies) Talking points from Whitcoulls, April 1981. UBS University Bookshop Canterbury Limited. Spring reading guide [2009] Unity Books. John Hegley's books ... can be ordered through Unity Books [1990s?] (2 copies) Whitcombe's New-Book Club. Amazing advance with post-war children's books ... for birthdays, give books! [Book dustjacket ca 1950?] The Whitcouller. Imagination supplies. Issue 1, 2007. Free, Whitcoulls annual sale. Order form 1978. "Talking points" from Whitcoulls, June 1978. Whitcoulls Kids' top 50! Kids' favourite books, chosen by kids! [2006] Whitcoulls top 50 DVD movies. New edition [2009] Quantity: 19 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on posters.. Physical Description: Photolithograph and screenprints, on posters, sizes varying below 500 mm.

Date: 1870 - 1875

By: Stack, James West (Rev), 1835-1919; Christie, John Hellard, 1897-1985

Reference: C-081-003/009

Description: Sketch drawings with colour notes, showing early Christchurch houses and churches, and the Provincial Council Chambers, St Michael and All Angels Church, a windmill, flax and cabbage trees along the river bank, a bridge, and the Port Hills in the distance. Artist may be Rev James West Stack (see similar style of image at A-210-016; Government Buildings Canterbury. [1860?]) One of the images C-081-007 has the name Thompson on the verso. One drawing shows three shops including Albion House [milliner] and Papp[rill, tailor]. These two are listed in Canterbury almanacs for 1860-early 1870s. Another drawing shows St Michael and All Angels, which was built in 1872. Quantity: 8 drawing(s) on seven sheets. Physical Description: Pencil drawings, sizes varying from 240 x 410 mm, to 265 x 660 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A85-097. - Other material from the same provenance is at MSS 85-097, PAColl-0931, NegColl-246, A-367-028/029, B-163-014/026, E-787 and E-788..

Date: ca 1920

By: Hewitt, George R, active 1920-1985

Reference: PAColl-0601

Description: Postcards collected by the depositor while working as an able seaman on HMS Renown during the tour by the Prince of Wales in 1920. Black and white postcards of Auckland, Christchurch, particularly the botanic gardens, Lyttelton, Picton, and Samoa and colour postcards of Wellington. Quantity: 43 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1907

From: [Ephemera and horticulture sales catalogues issued by New Zealand plant nurseries, 1900-1909].

By: Lyttelton Times Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Buxton-1907-01-081

Description: Shows interior of shop with three male customers, and three serving attendants at the counter at left. At the right are a selection of potted plants. Extended Title - From Buxton's descriptive catalogue 1907-08. Printed by the Lyttelton Times Company, Christchurch. The seed store was in town, but the nursery was in St Martin's Road, in Opawa. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) in sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Photolithograph on page 243 x 185 mm.

Date: 1953

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958- : Collection

By: Hays Ltd; J W Baty Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1953-03

Description: A greeting card from Hays Department store in Christchurch. The front cover shows a coloured photograph of one of the floats in the Canterbury Centennial floral procession (1950?), with a crown and orb on a red cushion, the whole float composed of flowers. The back cover shows a calendar for July 1953-June 1954. From the Te Ara website: “Canterbury's centennial celebrations in the summer of 1950–51 featured two celebratory processions. The first was '100 years of progress', which was a historical pageant. The second was a floral procession reflecting Canterbury's pride in the fertility of its soil and Christchurch's identity as the garden city. This was the float of Hay's department store, which expressed the province's continued loyalty to the British monarch” Exhibited in ‘Humble: the life of 100 small objects’, exhibition curated by Barbara Lyon, in the Turnbull Gallery, National Library of New Zealand, 27 August - 17 November 2017. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on greeting card, folded to 102 x 142 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dylan Owen, Wellington, in 2006.

Date: 1938

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

By: Cash Order Purchases Ltd; S A MacDougall (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-RETAIL-1938-01

Description: Booklet advertising the Christchurch retail stores where C.O.P. cheques could be used. This was a system of buying, using the cheques and having 20 weeks to pay of the loan. The stores included: Hay's, Downings, Fashion House Ltd, Drayton-Jones Ltd, Watsons Jewellers, Mason Struthers, James McGibbon, Glasson's Warehouse (men's clothing), Tisdalls Ltd, Turner & Le Brun Ltd, Herbert Shoe Co. Ltd., London Dental Institute, Alstons Handbags, Bell Cycle & Motor Co., Penrose's Shoe Stores, Stevens & SOns Ltd (radio and appliances), Joe Bierman, Plimsoll's, Wholesale Boot Company, Butler Cycles, Stewart Dawson & Co Ltd., Herb Laban Ltd, Kayser silk hosiery, Williams Bros (furniture), Beath's (advertising the "Sunbeam" electric [vacuum] cleaner), Hallensteins, Archbold's, Ashby Bergh & Co Ltd., Pattison Ede, Feltex, Lakes Shoe Store, Drewerys, Mundays Ltd, Monarch Shoes, Oxley Prams, Sutherland's, Pannell & Co Ltd, Petersens Limited, M Gould & Co., Phit-U Tailors, E R McDonald & Son (auctioneers), Tingeys Ltd, Lomak Furniture, Smith & Smith Ltd, Land's Bag Shop, Procter's Opticians, Farrier (tailor), the Farmers' (shows Thor washing machine) Date estimated from the advertisement for "Furs for 1938" on page [7] Two copies held. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 56 pages, 190 x 133 mm. Provenance: One copy purchased from Christchurch Book Auction, 29 August 2009, lot 118. Another copy donated by Carol Stigley in 2013, formerly owned by Eric Stigley.

Date: 1954

From: [Sales catalogues and ephemera of octavo size concerning photographic equipment, cameras, darkroom supplies]

By: Cameracraft Photographic Supplies

Reference: Eph-A-PHOTO-EQUIPMENT-1954-01

Description: Sales catalogue with advertisements by H E Perry Limited. There are photographic illustrations of the following brands of camera: "Gloriette", "Norca", "Paxina", "Kinax", Linhof, Vredeborch Box Camera, "Robot", photographic developing studio supplies of all kinds, films and papers. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 40 pages, each 218 x 142 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2006

Date: 1957

From: [Ephemera, sales catalogues, and advertising of octavo size, for retail firms, traders, shops and stores. 1955-1959]

Reference: Eph-A-RETAIL-1957-01

Description: An illustrated catalogue of magic tricks equipment, with prices. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 40 pages, 206 x 137 mm.

Date: 1962

By: Express Typesetting Service Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PRINTING-1962-01

Description: Sales catalogue showing samples of many type faces, and a price list dated 1 March 1962. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of approx 100 leaves, in black cover 175 x 245 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Webb's, 2005.

Date: 1928

Reference: Eph-B-PHARMACY-1928-01

Description: Lists separate alphabetical lists for drugs and chemicals, confectionery, medicines and perfumery, pharmaceutical supplies and sundries, compressed drugs, dyes, packed foods, bandages and plasters, etc. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Sales catalogue of 74 pages, 280 x 219 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath Antiquarian Bookseller in December 2000.

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

Reference: PA12-10953

Description: Interior views of the New World Supermarket, Linwood, Christchurch. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies lcomprising 7 images.

Date: 1977 - 2015

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

By: Thompson, Hamish Charles McFarlane, 1957-

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-2015-03

Description: Spiralbound calendar of twelve openings, showing: January: Cyril Paskell, Hillview Fish Supply, 80 Barrington Street, 1977 February: Carlton Florists, 1 Papanui Road, 1977 March: Frank Tinning, Super Veggie Man, 252 Colombo Street, 1977 April: Reg Smith, Upper Riccarton Hardware, 3 Waimairi Road, 1977 May: Bibba Boutique, 90b Riccarton Road, 1977 June: Dennis Kalin and George O'Reilly, Armagh Bookshop, 166 Armagh Street, 1977 July: Mark Coburn, Everybody's Butchery, 372 Selwyn Street, 1977 August: Rowan Gibson and Wyn Tinnion, Holmwood Dairy, 62 Holmwood Road, 1977 September: Sydenham Dealers, 461 Colombo Street, 1977 October: Mary Gray Confections, Hereford Court, 116 Hereford Street, 1977 November: Theatre Royal Tobacconist, 147 Gloucester Street, 1977 December: Bob Blair, Cellar Ghost Cellars, 157-161 Colombo Street, 1977 The cover shows the image for August. Two copies held. One copy is accompanied by single sheet of thumbnails of each image. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Spiralbound calendar, 295 x 210 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: McKenzie & Willis Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-PHONO-1950s-02

Description: Brown paper bag with advertising text shows at left the facade of the McKenzie & Willis department store (in Christchurch?) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on paper bag, 390 x 325 mm.

Date: 1905

By: Willis & Aiken Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TRAM-1905-01

Description: Timetable for the tram lines operating in Christchurch in 1905: Papanui; Fitzgerald Avenue to Bealey Avenue; Sydenham and Cashmere Hills; Lincoln Road; Square and Ferry Road; Linwood and New Brighton. Includes illustrated advertisements for J Ballantyne & Company, Bishop & Co (wines & spirits, Armagh Street), E Reece & Sons (hardware), G Coates & Company (importers), Eastern Tea Company, Mason Struthers & Company, J M Heywood & Co Ltd (carriers), Ashby Bergh & Co (stoves), Strahan's Fish Game Poultry & Fruit Supply, Geo Simpson (builder), New Zealand Insurance Company, Charlie Ball (cycles), H B Lane & Son (butchers), Chas Duggan & Sons (decorating), R Hall's Belvue House (accommodation), J A Lummis (sign painter and decorator), Australian Alliance Assurance Co, Geo T White (watchmaker), Lethaby's Umbrellas, Watson's Whisky, Frank A Cook (grocer, tea merchant), Pitcaithly & Co (Halswell Quarry), Young & Fisher (boots & shoes). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 48 pages, 120 x 60 mm. Provenance: Purchased from a private vendor, United Kingdom, in 2013.