Places

Date: 1905 - 1915

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-TOURISM-Wanganui-1910-01

Description: Shows a complete overview of the river, with photographic illustrations (by photographer Denton) all around, including views of: Taumarunui, Te Rerenga-o-ko-Inaki, Otuiti Falls, Ohura Falls, Kirikiriroa, a Maori village, early morning on the river, a narrow gorge, a quiet reach, The Ladder scene, Tarepokiore, Paparoa rapids and waterfall, Parinui, The Caves, Ngaporo Rapids, Pipiriki Landing, a bend above Atene, Mangaio Creek, Hiruharama, Moutoa Island, Parikino Reach. Cove Wanganui, Upper Ohura Falls, River steamer wharves Wanganui. Dated by reference to other products of the Brett Printing Company. Cartographic has a copy at MapColl-832.41 atu [190?] Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on folded sheet, 960 x 270 mm, in blue folder cover 140 x 300 mm.

Date: 1920

From: Souvenir of H R H the Prince of Wales visit to New Zealand. Reception in Auckland, April 1920. Brett Litho., Auckland, N.Z.

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1920-02-cover

Description: A decorative cover showing insets of the Prince of Wales and the British coat of arms, New Zealand clematis, coats of arms of New Zealand and Auckland, the English rose and Scottish thistle, and a view of Auckland Harbour. All is within a pale blue border of Maori motifs and Prince of Wales plumes. The ship HMS Renown is shown as bottom centre. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Her Excellency / Lady Liverpool, G.B.E. / With the compliments of J L S[...]. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, on cover 204 x 282 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by Lady Liverpool.

Date: 1886 - 1900

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: B-175-015

Description: Shows a general view of the White Terraces, with two figures standing on the lip of one of the pools at centre right. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, image 147 x 435 mm, on sheet 254 x 550 mm. Provenance: Donated by David Mote, England, 2009 Transfers: Collection as a whole was received by Photographic Archive; material transferred from there - - Transfers - To Ephemera : Postcard album; to MSS : passport and naval papers; to Drawings, Paintings & Prints : print of The White Terrace.

Date: 1902

By: Wright, Walter, 1866-1933; Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: D-017-021-a

Description: Shows four-masted steamship, the "Surrey", filled with soldiers, and flying flags from all masts. A paddle steamer is stationed on her near side, and there are two more at the left of the picture. There are three other steamships further away at the right, and many sailing boats and rowing boats on the water. One rowing boat has a rowing team in rowing outfits, and some near boats contain ladies with parasols. The setting may be Auckland Harbour, with North Head seen in the right background. Supplement to New Zealand graphic, 24 December 1902. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Supplement to the Christmas number of the New Zealand graphic, December 24th 1902.; Recto - bottom right - W. WRIGHT; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 367 x 900 mm, on sheet stuck to board, 430 x 958 mm.

Date: 1902

By: Wright, Walter, 1866-1933; Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: D-017-021

Description: Shows four-masted steamship, the "Surrey", filled with soldiers, and flying flags from all masts. A paddle steamer is stationed on her near side, and there are two more at the left of the picture. There are three other steamships further away at the right, and many sailing boats and rowing boats on the water. One rowing boat has a rowing team in rowing outfits, and some near boats contain ladies with parasols. The setting may be Auckland Harbour, with North Head seen in the right background. Supplement to New Zealand graphic, 24 December 1902. Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Supplement to the Christmas number of the New Zealand graphic, December 24th 1902.; Recto - bottom right - W. WRIGHT; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 367 x 900 mm, on sheet stuck to board, 430 x 958 mm.

Date: 1901

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Schmidt, William Shaw Diedrich, 1870-1968; Morice, Louisa Jane Spotswood, 1873-1957

Reference: A-216-007-a

Description: An invitation to Dr C G and Mrs Morice. In the centre top is the royal coat of arms. Left top is a view of Wellington Harbour with Lyttelton Harbour at the right top. Centre left are portraits of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and centre right are portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (later George V and Queen Mary). Bottom left is a cavalry soldier with the uniform worn for the South African war, his horse behind him, followed by a view of Auckland Harbour, the arms of New Zealand, a view of Port Chalmers and a Maori chief with Mount Taranaki behind him Extended Title - Supplement to Brett's Christmas Annual, Dec. 1, 1922 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph glued to card, 284 x 360 mm

Date: 1908

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the New Zealand Navy, merchant navy, naval defence]

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Martin, J W H, active 1908

Reference: Eph-A-NAVY-1908-01

Description: Colour postcard issued to mark the visit to New Zealand of the American Fleet in 1908 shows head and shoulders vignette portraits of five men: the Mayor of Auckland (Arthur Myers), the Governor of New Zealand (William Lee Plunket), Admiral Sperry, the Premier of New Zealand (Sir Joseph Ward) and the Hon Mahuta, M.L.C. There is a central scene of the American Fleet in the Waitemata Harbour. A text panel at the lower edge summarises the history of the United States. The top corners show the American and the New Zealand flags. The verso has an advertisement for Roslyn All-wool underwear. Other Titles - Printing Company Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on postcard, 92 x 143 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2015 form the Complete Stamp Company.

Date: 1908 - 1910

By: Willott, Victor Alfred, 1888-1932; Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-CALENDAR-1909-01

Description: Colourful poster has a perpetual calendar in the centre, and is surrounded by advertisements for local businesses of Pukekohe, Papatoetoe, Manurewa, Otahuhu and Papakura. Above the calendar panel is a circular head and shoulders portrait of a clean-shaven Maori chief with facial moko; he is flanked by illustrations of the Scottish thistle and the English rose. Immediately above the calendar is a line of three-leafed clovers, and other illustrations included a boy and girl scout, and two illustrations of a taiaha and long-handled tewhatewha together. Advertising businesses include: Pukekohe: Herb Brunton, hairdresser and merchant; J Adams & Sons, butchers; H Dell & Sons, saddlers; R Miller, tailor; Frank Perkins & Co, grocers; W Wright, watchmaker Manurewa: Grand View Accommodation House; D R Tabot & Sons, storekeepers Otahuhu: B Jenkins, tailor; T Jameson, bicycle builder Papatoetoe: J Hunter, plumber and gasfitter; S E Moe, motorcycle shop; Frank H Wells, building contractor; W J Dilworth, saddler; G Rawnsley, boot and shoe maker Papakura: Richardson Bros, Papakura Steam Joinery Factory; Papakura Hotel (Mrs W A Waterman, proprietress); A Watson, boot and shoe emporium Text refers to 1906 in the past. The artist Victor Willot was 21 in 1909. Mrs Waterman of the Papakura Hotel died in 1915 aged 74 (information from Papers Past). Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, on sheet 780 x 580 mm. Provenance: Purchased from a private owner, June 2013.

Date: 1916

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-1916-01

Description: Sales catalogue for the company which merged in 1918 with the Farmers' Union Trading Company, to become the Farmers' Trading Company. Inside front cover shows a calendar for the last part of 1915, and January-September 1916. There is a foreword by company founder Robert Laidlaw, photographs of the Auckland sales staff, photographs of the showrooms of each department and portraits of the staff who ran them; photographs of office staff at work and the shop equipment (entrance stairs, elevator, employees dining room, currant cleaner and raisin stemmer, the packing department), and an illustration of the warehouse on the corner of Hobson and Wyndham Streets. There follows an advertisement for the company's book of plans and specifications for houses, and an account of the way the war was affecting prices and supplies of goods (See pages 18-21). Information about ordering, paying and freighting follow. The illustrated catalogue of goods is arranged in the following sections: grocery, patent medicines, ironmongery, tools and household ironmongery, stoves (Dover, Orb, Zealandia, Champion), sheep shearing machine, roofing iron, tinware, enamelware, cutlery, aluminium, brushware, handbags, pipes, wallpaper (with 2 colour sample pages), stationery, books, cameras, rifles and pistols (guns), tennis rackets, bicycles, telephones, gramophones, violins, electroplated goods, jewellery, watches, clocks, windmills, pumps, buggies and wagons, engines, ploughs, crockery (2 colour plates), lamps, saddlery and harnesses, luggage, boots and shoes, clothing, hats, drapery, haberdashery, lace, rugs, sewing machines, furniture, linoleums (2 colour plates), toys (including Meccano). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Catalogue of 500 pages, each 277 x 220 mm, blue paper covers, bound in brown suede with gilt lettering Provenance: Purchased at Webbs Auction, 19 November 2008, lot 33

Date: 1904

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: Eph-C-RAILWAYS-1904-01

Description: Arrangement of text, with small photograph of train engine at the top. Lists the train fares and train arrangements on the Auckland-Frankton line, the Te Awamutu line, the Cambridge branch, and the Thames branch. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 444 x 143 mm. Provenance: Previously part of the Ken Webster Collection.

Date: 1920 - 1929

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to forests, forest parks and forestry]

By: Smith Wylie and Company Ltd; Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-FOREST-1920s-01

Description: Booklet describing the Auckland firm of brokers of afforestation businesses in New Zealand, with portrait photographs of the directors D S Wylie, H Landon Smith and W Fraser. Also contains a group photograph of the head office staff, female staff working the addressograph, and an interior view of the head office at 301 Smith's Buildings, Albert Street, Auckland, with staff arranged at desks in an open office. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, 211 x 110 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ms T Healy, Auckland, 12 Jan 2012 Transfers: Other material of the same provenance housed at MS-Group-2053, Oral History and Photographic Archive..

Date: 1926 - 1927

By: Farmers' Trading Company; Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-FTC-1926-01

Description: Illustrated mail order sales catalogue for the Farmers' Trading Company store in Auckland gives ordering instructions and rail freight details. Merchandise includes sewing machines, phonographs, radiola, furniture and carpets, motorcycles and bicycles, made to measure clothing, Wolseley cream separator, pedal cars on the roof of the Farmers', aluminiumware, banking, bedding, shoes, phonographs, crockery, cutlery, tableware, lampware, linoleum (2 colour plates on one loose sheet), grocery, haberdashery, horse and cow covers, milking machines, musical instruments, paints, patent medicines, pianos, poultrykeepers' supplies, saddlery, seeds, spray pumps, tools, toys, tents, wallpapers. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 580 pages, 267 x 210 mm. Provenance: Purchased from A & S Gallagher, in 2011.

Date: 1901

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Schmidt, William Shaw Diedrich, 1870-1968

Reference: A-216-007-b

Description: A blank invitation. In the centre top is the royal coat of arms. Left top is a view of Wellington Harbour with Lyttelton Harbour at the right top. Centre left are portraits of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and centre right are portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (later George V and Queen Mary). Bottom left is a cavalry soldier with the uniform worn for the South African war, his horse behind him, followed by a view of Auckland Harbour, the arms of New Zealand, a view of Port Chalmers and a Maori chief with Mount Taranaki behind him Extended Title - Supplement to Brett's Christmas Annual, Dec. 1, 1922 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph glued to card, 284 x 360 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Arthurs, 10 February 1954

Date: 1919

By: Moran, Joseph Bruno, 1874-1952; Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-MORAN-01

Description: Certificate issued at the time of the peace celebrations at the end of the First World War, shows the New Zealand coat of arms at top centre, flanked by eight flags (including the Union Jack, but not the New Zealand or Australian ones). A sailor and a soldier stand at either side of the central circular panel of text which has space for the recipient's name ot be filled in. Below is an inset oval photographic print of the Hikurangi lime rocks at Waro. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 303 x 237 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs K M Wildgoose in about 1977.

Date: 1915 - 1930

From: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: B-185-096

Description: Double galley proof for a vertical oval beer label shows a view of Te Reinga Falls inside the border containing text. Advertisements for this beer appeared as early as 1916. Artist / designer may be Leslie Rykers; this assumption is based on the provenance of this material. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, on sheet 113 x 171 mm.

Date: 1916

From: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: B-185-092-a

Description: Chromolithograph print shows a decorative border around a design for a farewell card. At the top is the monogram logo of the Auckland Club, with the flags of Japan, Britain and New Zealand. Below the text at the lower edge are two oval inset landscapes, the one at the left showing Mt Fujiyama and the one at the right showing Auckland Harbour and North Head. Below the image are named samples of the coloured inks to be used. Design is likely to be by Leslie Rykers, given the provenance of this item. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, image 206 x 132 mm, on card 248 x 173 mm.

Date: 1916

From: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: B-185-092

Description: Chromolithograph print shows a decorative cursive typeface message on an image with a decorative border. At the top is the monogram logo of the Auckland Club, with the flags of Japan, Britain and New Zealand. Below the text at the lower edge are two oval inset landscapes, the one at the left showing Mt Fujiyama and the one at the right showing Auckland Harbour and North Head. Design is likely to be by Leslie Rykers, given the provenance of this item. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, on card 206 x 132 mm.

Date: 1920

From: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: B-185-090

Description: Chromolithograph formal decorative invitation shows the coat of arms of the Prince of Wales at top centre, with a New Zealand flag and a Union Jack on either side. At centre right is an inset circular portrait of Prince Edward the Prince of wales, and at left is a circular inset of the ship "Renown". The coats of arms of Auckland and New Zealand are at the lower border, on either side of a crest including an "E" scroll with rose, thistle, shamrock decoration. The columns at either side have Maori motifs. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, on card 192 x 277 mm.

Date: 1912

From: [Music programmes 1912].

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1912-01

Description: Programme booklet containing libretto, and photographs of performers including Rosina Buckmann, Dora Hunt, Philip Newbury, Charles Larsen. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 28 pages, 145 x 230 mm. with green covers and a red ribbon tie

Date: 1901

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Schmidt, William Shaw Diedrich, 1870-1968

Reference: A-216-007

Description: An invitation to Mr A. A. Corrigan. In the centre top is the royal coat of arms. Left top is a view of Wellington Harbour with Lyttelton Harbour at the right top. Centre left are portraits of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and centre right are portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (later George V and Queen Mary). Bottom left is a cavalry soldier with the uniform worn for the South African war, his horse behind him, followed by a view of Auckland Harbour, the arms of New Zealand, a view of Port Chalmers and a Maori chief with Mount Taranaki behind him Extended Title - Supplement to Brett's Christmas Annual, Dec. 1, 1922 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph glued to card, 284 x 360 mm Provenance: Donation: Mr D. W. Corrigan, 4 April 1962