Places

Date: 1874

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to building material and supplies in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1874-01-08

Description: Shows an elevation of the front of a cottage with a central door and a window on either side of it. There is a chimney at the left side. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Engraving on page 205 x 277 mm.

Date: 1878

From: New Zealand Railways: [Ephemera relating to railways, railway trains, rail timetables, rail travel in New Zealand. 1800s]

By: George, Thomas, -1889

Reference: Eph-A-RAIL-1878-01

Description: A toast list. Those toasted included the Royal Family, the Governor, the Army, Navy & Volunteers, The Ministry, The Parliament of New Zealand, Sir Julius Vogel, the Mayor of Christchurch, visitors, the ladies. Surrounded by an elaborate border possibly inspired by Maori or Polynesian design. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on card. Physical Description: Lithograph on light card, 228 x 155 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Otago Heritage Books in 2002.

Date: 1874

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to building material and supplies in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1874-01-02

Description: Shows two floor plans of cottages. Both have three fireplaces. One has a bay window and verandah. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Engraving on page 205 x 277 mm.

Date: 1899 - 1900

By: Otago Sunday School Union; Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-RELIGION-C-1900-01

Description: Certificate shows an arrangement of text, with a dove of peace at the top, and two seated angels flanking the Holy Bible at the bottom. At the sides are New Zealand scenes: Maori beside a lake with tree fern at the left, and at right a church and cabbage tree in front of a snowy mountain, possibly Mt Taranaki. Denomination may be Presbyterian or Methodist. Other certificates awarded to Mary McKenzie include some from the New Zealand Methodist Sunday School Union, but there is also published evidence that the Otago Sunday School Union may have been linked to the Presbyterian Church. It may have been interdenominational. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 310 x 250 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Hobsons, Wellington, in 2007.

Date: 1874

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to building material and supplies in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1874-01-10

Description: Shows an elevation of the front of a cottage with finials on the gable ends, a verandah over the door and window at the right, and an ornamental border along the top of the verandah. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Engraving on page 205 x 277 mm.

Date: 1893

By: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; F W Niven & Company; Moody, John George, active 1893

Reference: Eph-E-BUILDINGS-Dunedin-1893-01

Description: Shows a view of Dunedin from Waverly Bay in the centre. Surrounding it from top left (clockwise) are: Sargood, Son & Ewen buildings in Invercargill and Dunedin (warehousemen and manufacturers including boot factory); Girton College; J J Arthur (tailors); McGavin and Co Union Brewery and Cellars; John Edmond (iron and hardware merchant); Evening Star Office; P Miller (importer); Grand Hotel (Watson Brothers); Bennett & Son (cordial manufacturers); James J Pryor and son (nurserymen); DIC (Drapery and General Importing Company - B Hallenstein, Cahirman of Directors); Hordern & White Dunedin Carriage Factory; Geo M Marshall (homeopathic chemist); Scoullar & Chisholm (furniture manufacturers and importers); Joseph McKay (boot and shoe manufacturer and importer); Dick & McKechnie Drapery Supply Association; The Phoenix Company (makers of jams, biscuits and confectionery); H S Fish & Son (paperhangings and window glass). Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Printed for the proprietors of the "Evening Star" Dunedin, by F W Niven & Co., and published by John George Moody, Mornington. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, coloured, 637 x 1015 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 1980.

Date: 1933

By: Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-ANTARCTICA-1933-01

Description: A large advertising poster for a lecture by Wilkins, printed in navy blue, the text surmounted by the image of the submarine "Nautilus" and itself surmounting the image of a plane with the words "Ellsworth Trans-Atlantic Flight" to the side of the plane. Other Titles - Coulls Somerville Wilkie In 1931, Sir Hubert Wilkins commanded the Nautilus submarine expedition to the Arctic. This was the first submarine to travel under the Arctic pack ice. During the 1930s, Wilkins travelled to the Antarctic four times as second-in-command of the Lincoln Ellsworth Flight Expeditions. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster, 855 (+ 160 folded under) x 380 mm.

Date: 1900

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to education trends and methods, teachers and teaching, career-specific education]

By: Caxton Printing Company (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-EDUCATION-1900-1

Description: Certificate shows a text panel at centre right, with a decorative border featuring a soldier standing resting his hands on his upright rifle. At lower left is a photograph of a two-storeyed stone school building. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 300 x 250 mm.

Date: 1916

From: [Ephemera relating to patriotism, fundraising for the war effort, during World War I. 1914-1918. Folder 1]

By: Caxton Printing Company (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Patriotic-1916-01

Description: Booklet listing all 237 lots for sale at a patriotic auction of bottles, and describing the process of collecting the bottles, which will be ground down for the war effort. Bottles for the following products were included: whisky, wine and claret, Hayward's pickle, coffee essences, sauces, Koefoed sauce, honey bottles, jelly jars, flasks, vingar bottles, ink bottles, Bennett's Carbonated waters, Lane's Carbonated waters, Thomson's carbonated waters, meat paste and tongue containers, Lane's, West's and Sharpe's 1-gallon screw-top jars, Nileson Vickers 1-gallon jars, Campbell and List's, Briggs's, K&P, Cinese earthernware bottles, stone curacao and stone gins pots, blue poisons, beef and iron wine, malt extracts, Mellin's Food, Humanised Milk, Essences, Round-shouldered limes, Direct Squares, Lane's Emulsion, United Friendly Societies' Dispensary, F Wilkinson, J Waters, R Scofield, J Neill Ltd, U L Gallien, C V Inglis, H Bagley and Son, H W R Outram, N Dodds, A M Hendy, R Conn, J R Hayne, W Elder, W U Donnelly, champagne, stone ginger beer, infant feeding bottles ("Shirkers"), 10-gallon acid glass carboys. Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages each 182 x 123 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Otago Heritage Books in 2003.

Date: 1882

By: Caledonian Society of Otago; George, Thomas, -1889

Reference: Eph-B-MATHEMATICS-1882-01

Description: Certificate with an ornate coloured border with circular decorations in each of the four corners. There is a gold shield with a rampant lion in the lower left corner. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Coloured relief print with gilt, on card 317 x 254 mm. Transfers: From Photographic Archive - PH-201-0171 - Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive; material transferred to other sections from there.

Date: 1890 - 1940

By: Mills, Dick & Company

Reference: Eph-C-MEAT-1900s-09

Description: A label for a four-sided tin of meat. Shows the two larger panels (for the larger sides of the tin) incorporating insets of a circular motif showing St George on horseback fighting a dragon. One panel shows a background of a lake surrounded by hills, with cabbage tree and ferns. One panel shows native clematis. The style is late Victorian. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 117 x 350 mm (slightly curved).

Date: 1874

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to building material and supplies in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1874-01-21

Description: Shows designs for mouldings. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Engraving on page 277 x 205 mm.

Date: 1898

Reference: Eph-E-DRAMA-1898-01

Description: Shows arrangement of text, black lettering on yellow, with varying lettering. The name "Henry's Dramatic Company" is highlighted with black background. Extended Title - "From Scotland Yard" ... "Under two flags" ... "The Mysteries of Paris". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress 1000 x 380 mm.

Date: 1925 - 1926

Reference: Eph-C-EXHIBITION-1925-01

Description: Souvenir handkerchief commemorating the Dunedin exhibition of 1925-1926, shows an illustration of the central fountain and garden court with the exhibition buildings around it. A central domed building flies the Union Jack. The name Kathleen is embroidered in blue at the top left. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print and embroidery on cotton handkerchief, 290 x 275 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2009.

Date: 1874

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to building material and supplies in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1874-01-01

Description: Shows an elevation or a cottage with bay window at the left, door in the centre, and a window at the right. The door and window both give on to a verandah. There is a chimney above the left side. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Engraving on page 205 x 277 mm.

Date: 1893

By: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; F W Niven & Company; Moody, John George, active 1893

Reference: Eph-E-BUILDINGS-Dunedin-1893-02

Description: Shows a view of Dunedin from Logan's Point in the centre. Surrounding it from top left (clockwise) are: James Macfie & Co City Coal Depot; James Duthie & Co's Colonial Carrying Company of New Zealand, J & J Arthur (tailors); A & T Burt (engineers); Thomson & Co. Crystal Springs Mineral Water Works; H E Shacklock (ironfounder and engineer); Joseph Mackay City Boot Palace; St Domonic's Convent and High School; W Melville's Cyclists' Exchange and Sewing Machine Depot; Andrew Lees (glass importer); J W Faulkner & Sons (Ornamnetal iron and wire works); John Gillies Wholesale and retail Cabinetmaker and upholsterer, and undertaker; Findlay and Murdoch City Sawmills; Paterson & Barr (hardware importers); Duthie Brothers General Drapers; F A Hooper & Co (Furnishing Warehouse); W D Houston (Gentlemen's mercer); Joseph Braithwaite (Book and Stationery importer); New Zealand Engineering and Electrical Company (Thomas Stevenson, R H Postlethwaite); Edward Iles (Hairdresser, Wigmaker). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Printed for the proprietors of the "Evening Star" Dunedin, by F W Niven & Co., and published by John George Moody, Mornington. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, coloured, 637 x 1010 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 1980.

Date: 1874

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to building material and supplies in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1874-01-15

Description: Shows designs for two chimney or mantel pieces. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Engraving on page 277 x 205 mm.

Date: 1927

By: New Zealand Railways; Alex Wildey Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-RAIL-1927-01

Description: Poster advertising train journeys to Dunedin for the Otago Winter Show. Shows at top a logo with two steam engines. Below is a list of fares from the principal stations along the route from many Canterbury railway stations to Dunedin. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on card-mounted paper, 897 x 576 mm. Processing information: title and date changed from '1927 or 1932' to '1927' following information from a researcher.

Date: 1874

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to building material and supplies in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1874-01-03

Description: Shows an elevation or a cottage with two chimneys. a verandah along the length of the front, a central door, with windows on either side. There are finials on either end of the ridge pole. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Engraving on page 205 x 277 mm.

Date: 1921

Reference: Eph-A-HOUSEHOLD-1921-01-08

Description: Shows front view of open-fire range, with ceramic tiles on vertical surfaces. Beneath is a table of sizes and prices available. Extended Title - From Brinsley & Co.'s catalogue of "Champion" portable cooking ranges, January 1921. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on page of sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Letterpress and photolithograph, 216 x 140 mm.