Places

Date: 1956

By: Packe, William, 1840?-1882; New Zealand. High Commission (Great Britain)

Reference: E-278-q-119

Description: Reproduction of a watercolour by Packe showing two thatched sod huts, washing strung on a line in the foreground and a sheep's carcass hanging on the left. Foothills and snow-clad Southern Alps beyond. Samuel Butler took up his station at Mesopotamia in 1860, leaving it in 1864, after doubling his money. William Packe, with his brother George, took up the neighbouring station Raincliff in 1868. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 128 x 178 mm on folded card

Date: 1955 - 1965

From: [Ephemera of quarto size concerning housing, rental accommodation, housing standards and solutions]

By: P.T.Y. Homes Ltd; R G Mexted & Son (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-HOUSING-1960-01

Description: Booklet of floor plans and perspective drawings of 19 single-storey two- and three-bedroom houses. Models include: Cambridge, Conway, Cresta, Clyde, Cumberland, Caprice, Avalon, Amazon, Campbell, Apex, Avon, Astor, Albany, Argosy, Ascot, President, Prefect, Panorama, Prairie 'A'. Front cover stamped by the firm of R G Mexted & Son, 153 Lambton Quay, Wellington, licensed land agents & auctioneers Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Offset prints in booklet of 20 leaves, each 220 x 260 mm, stapled inside cover 250 x 283 mm. Provenance: Donated by Stan and Margaret Smith, Lower Hutt, in 2006.

Date: 1950 - 1959

From: [Programmes and ephemera relating to boxing, boxers].

Reference: Eph-A-BOXING-1950s

Description: Includes: 1950s?: Wellington Boxing Association. Pass out 1951: New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships 1951. Opera House Palmerston North, 24-26 September 1951. Programme 1952: Wellington Boxing Association. George Burke (Wellington) v Alfie Emerson (Australia); and, "Chub" Keith (Wellington) vs Don Mullett (Wellington). 18 February 1952. Programme 1953: Waimate Boxing Association. 25th jubilee 1928-1953. Anniversary programme 19853. 1954: New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships. Town Hall Wellington. 13-15 September 1954. Souvenir programme. 1954: Gerald Dreyer v Barry Brown. Basin Reserve, 15 January 1954. programme. 1957: Barry Brown (Wellington) v Ulf Christensen (Wellington). Wellington Town Hall, 24 June 1957. Programme. 1959: New Zealand Amateur Boxing Championships. Theatre Royal Timaru, 5-7 October 1959. Souvenir programme Quantity: 1 folder(s) 7 programmes; 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying around 297 x 210 mm. Provenance: Some programmes donated; some purchased. Transfers: Material from the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1563..

Date: [1960s-1970s]

From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn

Reference: PAColl-9543-19

Description: Photographs of West Coast scenes. Includes historical parade ca 1960s, building of fountain ca 1960, Strongman mine, grave stone of L A Inkster, and young man in wheelchair being given flight in light aircraft. Photographs taken 1960s-1970s by L A Inkster studio. Quantity: 83 b&w original photographic print(s). 17 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1958

By: Shaw, Savill & Company

Reference: E-278-q-114

Description: Depicts the ceremony of choosing the first National flag of New Zealand by the Maori chiefs from one of three designs, witnessed by a grathering of missionaries, settlers, commanders of 10 British and 3 American ships. The ceremony took place at the house of the British Resident, Mr James Busby at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands on the 20th March 1834 with a salute of 21 guns from HMS Alligator (in distance). The flag that was chosen is being pointed at by a chief holding up a greenstone mere. The design chosen was the red cross of St George on a white background and a small red St George's cross in the top left hand corner on a blue background. In each of these quarters is an 8 pointed star. An enlargement of the flag is in the bottom lefthand corner of the postcard. The flag was called the Flag of United Tribes of New Zealand (1834-1840) The flag was adopted by Shaw Savill & Company as its house flag in 1858 it having ceased to be the national flag when New Zealand came under the British sovereignty Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph 85 x 128 mm

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: Felicity Card Company; Fenwick, Peter, active 1950s

Reference: E-278-q-102

Description: Photograph by Peter Fenwick reproduced as a photolithograph on a postcard. The stained glass window of the Galilee Chapel shows Christ wearing a korowai with a taniko hem. He is pictured walking on Lake Rotorua. Extended Title - Colourchrome Series W.T. 610 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 105 x 102 mm

Date: 1950 - 1985

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-Till-Undated

Description: Includes programmes and fliers for: 1950s?: New Zealand's own pianist Maurice Till presents a fine programme of piano music ...[1950s?]. Pamphlet The New Zealand pianist Maurice Till. Programme (beginning with "Air with variations" by Handel). [1950s?] (2 copies) The New Zealand pianist Maurice Till. Programme (beginning with "Sonata in K" by Mozart). [1950s?] (2 copies) Whangarei Music Society recital. Phyllis Mader, soprano; Maurice Till, piano. [1950s?]. Programme Glenda Raymond, Australian soprano; Maurice Till pianist. Tour sponsored by Adult Education Department University of Canterbury [1950s?]. Programme (2 copies) Song recital by Honor McKellar, assisted by Maurice Till, pianist [1950s?]. Programme. Maurice Till pianoforte recital. [ca 1950s?]. Programme - black & white (2 copies) Maurice Till pianoforte recital. [ca 1950s?]. Programme - black & red on white (2 copies) University Trio recitals of chamber music. Gladys Vincent violin; Francis Bate 'cello; Maurice Till piano. Tour arranged by Department of Adult Education, University of Otago. [1955?] Programme (2 copies) 1960s?: A Festival piano recital. Maurice Till. Dunedin Town Hall, Thursday 31 January [1960s?]. Programme (2 copies) Orchestra (Dunedin Civic Orchestra). Guest conduxctor Alex Lindsay; leader Joan Gardiner. Alexandera concert. War Memorial Hall, 3 August [1968??]. ProgrammeSong recital. Helen Charlton soprano; Maurice Till piano. The Chapel, Music Centre of Christchurch 140 Barbadoes Street, Wednesday 13 November [1968?]. Programme 1980s?: Maurice Hasson violin; Maurice Till piano. Two different programme [ca 1986?] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to quarto size, some illustrated. Provenance: Donated by Richard Till, from the papers of his father Maurice Till. These programmes are duplicate to those held at Hocken Library as part of Maurice Till's papers.

Date: 1950 - 1960

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-172

Description: Shows six frames. Under the title, text reads 'I think, what this lady really has in mind is a 'Helicopter hall'. The first frame shows the Christchurch town hall with a helicopter rotor on its roof. The cartoonist suggests it could also serve as a temporary railway station. The second frame suggests the 'Helicopter hall' could serve as a new Supreme Court. The next frame shows the hall acting as a 'stand-in stand' at Lancaster Park, while one of the stands is being rebuilt. The fourth frame pictures the cartoonist looking up at the 'Helicopter hall' and text reads 'We could use it as a combination bus shelter and telephone box at our corner.' In the fifth frame, the hall serves as a roof for the Centennial Pool, and in the final frame, it serves as a breakwater wall, bathing shed and Saturday trading post in Sumner Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1931 - 1962 - 1984 - 1956 - 1974 - 1995

By: Frank Mason & Son (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Mason

Description: Mail order catalogues listing roses for sale from this Feilding nurseryman. Years held are: 1931 (2 copies), 1937, 1943, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1956 (2 copies), 1962 (2 copies), 1963 (2 copies), 1964 (2 copies), 1965, Spring 1966, 1969, 1970 (2 copies), 1972, 1973 (2 copies), 1974 (2 copies), 1984, 1985 (2 copies), 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 (2 copies), 1990 (2 copies), 1991, 1992 (2 copies), 1993, 1994, 1995. Quantity: 26 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, each around 215 x 140 mm. Transfers: Collection received in Ephemera. Alouette catalogues for Spring 1984 and Autumn 1985 offered to Serials (which has others).

Date: 1956 - 1960 - 1979 - 1967 - 1995

By: Avenue Nurseries

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Avenue

Description: Mail order catalogues for rose plants, including roses of all kinds: bush roses, climbing roses, miniature roses, miniature standards, standard roses. Years held are: 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1979-1995 Quantity: 25 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 215 x 150 mm.

Date: 1953 - 1962 - 1977 - 1968

By: J Millichamp & Sons Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Millichamp

Description: Catalogues listing shrubs, fruit trees, forest trees, roses for sale from this Ashburton nurseryman. Years held are: 1953, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1977 Quantity: 6 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, each around 215 x 140 mm.

Date: 1920 - 1950

By: T Waugh & Son (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Waugh

Description: Mail order catalogues issued by T Waugh & Sons, Hutt Valley Nurseries. They also had a branch at 234 Lambton Quay. Titles include: Descriptive nursery catalogue; "Of quality" carnations; Choice daffodils; Chrysanthemums and dahlias; Dahlias; Descriptive rose catalogue; Miscellaneous bulbs flowers and vegetables; Modern hydrangeas; Garden seeds (1928); Hedge and shelter trees (1932); Spring flowering bulbs; New Zealand [native] trees shrubs, plants and ferns. Most are undated; two dated years are 1928 and 1932. Quantity: 17 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, each around 170 x 120 mm. Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts 77-048..

Date: August 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-1289

Description: Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu and The Remarkables. Print with hand-applied colouring made from negative taken August 1950 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print with hand-applied colouring, mounted on board, 38 x 68 cm

Date: May 1955

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-1271

Description: River Avon, Christchurch. Print with hand-applied colouring made from negative taken May 1955 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print with hand-applied colouring, mounted on board, 38 x 68 cm

Date: August 1955

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-1282

Description: Mount Tasman, from Cook River Flat, South Westland, with forest in foreground. Print with hand-applied colouring made from negative taken August 1955 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print with hand-applied colouring, mounted on board, 38 x 68 cm

Date: May 1954

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-1272

Description: Road in Arrowtown. Print with hand-applied colouring made from negative taken May 1954 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print with hand-applied colouring, mounted on board, 38 x 68 cm

Date: July 1955

Reference: PAColl-5049

Description: On roof of Farmers building, Hobson Street, Auckland. Five of the young children are riding pedal cars. The people in the photograph are from the Lyon and Port families. Back row from left: Viola (Waiora) Port holding Mary-Rose Port, Esma Lyon (nee Port), Audree Port holding Martin Port. Front row from left: Rosalind Port (daughter of Audree Port), Rosemary Lyon, Jamie Lyon, Barbara Lyon (all children of Esma Lyon), Roger Port (son of Audree) Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-177950 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1950 - 1951

From: [New Zealand calendars and blank diaries of octavo size]

Reference: Eph-A-CALENDAR-1951-01

Description: Shows a photograph of Oriental Bay. Calendar can be hung from striped loop cord. Quantity: 1 calendar. Physical Description: Sepia photograph 80 x 135 mm, mounted in cardboard mat 155 x 175 mm, with calendar attached below. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in December 2002.

Date: [Between 1954 and 1968]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-200

Description: Album of photographs, some prints, some contacts from 35mm film, taken by Professor John Salmon in Wellington. Most of the images describe his use of different camera lenses and filters. Many of the scenes are taken from Professor Salmon's window at Victoria University of Wellington, showing different moods in different weather patterns. They include early morning, afternoon, and night views, northerly wind and southerly wind cloud patterns, including a southerly storm. He also has a large number of images of Wellington Harbour and wharves, again taken in different lights, showing ships, reflections and buildings. Other sequences show views of the Hutt Valley, Silverstream, and Glenmore Street in Wellington, many taken on misty early mornings. The last scenes are coloured photographs showing some of the decorations erected for the Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II, in January 1954. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cream cover, Cobra ring binder; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 1957

From: Kee, Douglas Franklyn, fl 1890s?-1966 :Rongotai [airport construction] / Frank Kee. 1957-1958

Reference: B-121-007

Description: Shows men working on the excavation and structure of the underpass beneath Wellington airport. A truck with a concrete mixer is above the excavation to the right Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 315 x 380 mm on sheet 350 x 440 mm