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Date: 22 Feb 1949

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-7171-14

Description: Dismissed carpenters march along Queen Street, Auckland, 22 February 1949, protesting at the result of a dispute with the Auckland Master Builders' Association that left them unemployed. Photographer unidentified. Original caption from the New Zealand Free Lance, March 2. 1949, page 25 reads: Auckland Carpenters' Protest. After a meeting in the Town Hall, Auckland, which about 1,200 carpenters attended to hear speakers trace the history of the dispute with the Auckland Master Builders' Association, about 700 dismissed carpenters marched down Queen Street and up to Albert Park. The pictures show the carpenters marching along Queen Street with their placards. They later enrolled for unemployment benefits." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.8 x 21 cm

Date: 1879-1882

From: Hull, Francis : Photographs relating to the Hull and Rye families

By: Hemus & Hanna (Firm)

Reference: PA2-0861

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1843 - 1844

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Mitford, John Guise, 1822-1854

Reference: E-216-f-041

Description: View from above Grafton Gully, covered in dense bush, with fenced hills and Governor Hobson's grave in the cemetery to the left. Government House is left of centre in the middle distance and three other houses overlooking Grafton Gully are somewhat closer on the right, one of them the home of William Connell, the first Postmaster-General and his wife Isabella. In the distance across the water, the flagstaff marks Mount Victoria, with Rangitoto beyond that. The flat island further off, left of centre is Tiritiri. Painted in early 1843, before the artist moved to an appointment at Russell. A fence has been raised around Governor Hobson's grave. The funeral had taken place in November 1842. Compare Mitford's very similar view at E-216-f-111 Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title in ink; also on verso, alternative title in pencil: Entrance to the Harbour, Auckland Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 161 x 244 mm

Date: [ca 1865-1866]

From: Marvin, W G (Captain) :Marvin family photographs

Reference: PA1-q-320-69-1

Description: View of the lower east side of Queen Street, Auckland, taken from the west side of the street. Shows row of premises of Williams and Co (far left on corner with Fort Street), Ship Chandlers and Sailmakers, E & H Isaacs, General Merchants, W. Brighton, Outfitters, New Zealand Insurance Company offices, P.A. Philips, Ironmonger, T. Delattre, Homeopathic Pharmaceutist. Several men stand beside a variety of horse drawn carriages and handsome cabs which are parked along Queen Street. Taken by unknown photographer circa 1865 - 1866. Source of descriptive information - Location identified by Library client (see Auckland Street directory 1886-1887). Relationship complexity - copy held in Sir George Grey Collections, Auckland Libraries (4-403) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1974

From: [Posters of A2 size relating to international and diplomatic affairs, and overseas events. 1970-1979]

By: Auckland Chile Committee

Reference: Eph-D-INTERNATIONAL-1974-01

Description: A poster protesting against the military coup in Chile in the previous year (1973). Shows a wounded dove losing an olive branch, its winds spanning the height of the poster. Dating based on the year of the fascist military takeover in Chile in 1973. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Screenprint on poster, 580 x 455 mm.

Date: 1883 - 1892

By: Hanna, John Robert, 1850-1915

Reference: PA2-0805

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000106-G

Description: View of stalls at a trade fair, probably held in Auckland. The stands advertise Taradale Vineyards, Hawkes Bay, and Women's Institutes & Home Handicrafts Ltd. The wine exhibit shows a decoration of vine leaves, and a number of bottles of wine. Labels visible include one for Muscat, with the name B. Steinmetz beneath. Photograph taken by William Archer Price Source of descriptive information - This image is one of a number taken at the trade fair, and was dated from the image at 1/2-000266 which had a picture of a stamped envelope, dated 9 Jul 1930. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1998

By: DesignWorks; Sameshima, Haruhiko, 1958-; Alexander, Grant, active 1990s-; Thompson, Hamish Charles McFarlane, 1957-

Reference: Eph-E-GLASS-1998-01

Description: Shows a close up photograph of a row of different coloured glass vases. Designer identified by Hamish Thompson 2003. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster 595 x 740 mm. Provenance: Donated by Hamish Thompson in 2003.

Date: 25 April 1939

From: Gale, Len 1926- :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-5569

Description: Group from the Movement Against War and Fascism who handed out leaflets at the first New Zealand dawn parade, ANZAC Day 1939. They are sitting in the grandstand at the Auckland Domain after the demonstration. Source of descriptive information - library client Source of descriptive information - date changed in November 2016 from 1938 to 1939 based on information from library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1876

From: [Programmes and fliers relating to music concerts and musical performances in New Zealand. 1870-1879].

By: Reed and Brett (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1876-01

Description: An arrangement of text on a silk programme, titled "Third programme". The performance was to be attended by the Marquis of Normanby and his wife, and performers included Mr Charles Keeley (comedian) and Mr Alfred Statham (composer and pianiste). Seventeen items, including bell-ringing and comic songs, were followed by the "laughable farce" "The haunted chateau!", with the main parts being taken by Harry Lynch and Charles Keeley. The vertical borders named the places at which the family had performed: Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Fiji, Java, Queensland, New Zealand, Western Australia, California, "etc". Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, blue ink on cream silk fabric, 290 x 160 mm. Provenance: Donated by Gwynn Gillard, Belmont Victoria, in 2015. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance (a photograph of Harry Lynch) was transferred to the Photographic Archive..

Date: 1939 - 1940

Reference: Eph-E-AVIATION-TEAL-1940-02

Description: Poster shows at the top a four-engined aeroplane, number ZK-AMA "Aotearoa", seen from below as it flies over a globe of the world, with its route marked from Auckland to London via Australian cities. It travelled via Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville, Karumba, Groote Eylandt, Darwin, Koepang, Sourabaya, Bima, Batavia, Singapore, Penang, Bangkok, Rangoon, Akyab, Calcutta, Allahabad, Gwalior, Raj Samand, Karachi, Jimani, Sharjah, Dabai [Dubai], Bahrein, Basra, Lake Habbaniyeh, Tiberias, Alexandria, Athens, Rome, Marseilles, London. The route from South Africa to London is also marked but with no city names written in. The poster background is coloured yellow. Other Titles - TEAL Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1000 x 643 mm.

Date: 1908

Reference: Eph-A-FURNITURE-1908-01

Description: Envelope shows an ornate border design with scroll and floral elements at top and at left side. The envelope is hand-addressed to Mr T[?] R Ford, Waitara. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on envelope, 88 x 152 mm. Provenance: Purchased from the Complete Stamp Company in 2015.

Date: 1963

From: [Posters advertising work and exhibitions by potters and ceramic sculptors in New Zealand. 1960-1970s]

Reference: Eph-C-CERAMICS-1963-01

Description: Newsletter issued by Crown Lynn reports on the popularity in Melbourne of two dinner sets designed by New Zealanders Otway Josling and Don Mills. The inside spread features Harry Jones, a Crown Lynn chemist formerly employed at Royal Doulton; Mrs Ringi Ngakura a skilled worker; and Alan Topham, sales manager. The back page shows prime minister Keith Holyoake presenting prizes to designers Graham Percy and Robert Drake, and Tom Clark jnr presenting Mrs Holyoake with an ovenware set. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on pamphlet folded to 368 x 240 mm.

Date: 1948

From: [Ephemera and theatre programmes of octavo size for performances of opera and light musicals in New Zealand in 1948]

By: Steele Photography Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-OPERA-1948-01-03

Description: Shows a head and shoulders portrait of Auckland theatre producer Joy Asquith. Extended Title - From Ex-Services Operatic Club presents "The count of Luxembourg", His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland, 29 May 1948. Programme, page [3] Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on page of booklet, 247 x 187 mm.

Date: 2014

By: St. Paul Street Gallery

Reference: EPHDL-0314

Description: Digital flyer lists events related to an exhibition of Wellington Media Collective posters at the St Paul Street Gallery in Auckland. Events included talks by Chris McBride, Philip Kelly, Simon Grigg. Other Titles - Auckland University of Technology Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).

Date: 2013

By: Waitemata District Health Board

Reference: EPHDL-0275

Description: Digitally-born pamphlet advises the social work and counselling services available. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).

Date: 2013

From: Various artists :[Entries in the Young Cartoonist Award. 2013]

By: Morris, Toby, 1980-

Reference: DCDL-0025755

Description: Shows three zombies stumbling through a cityscape and all saying "HOUSE PRICES". The cartoonist is making an exaggerated comment on the way that his age group (early thirties) in Auckland are obsessed with house prices and the purchase of their first home, noting that 'I feel like I'm hiding in my (rented) basement, trying not to get bitten and roped into the whole absurd situation.' Toby Morris was a runner-up in the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and the Listener's Young Cartoonist Competition 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Various artists :[Entries in the Young Cartoonist Award. 2013]

By: Mathis, Cory, 1985-

Reference: DCDL-0025732

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key scaling Auckland's Sky Tower, which functions as a giant gambling machine. Key pulls the Casino's lever while coins flow out in a steady stream. Refers to controversy surrounding a proposal by Sky City Casinos to build a national convention centre in Auckland in return for being allowed to have more pokie (gaming) machines. The deal will require a law change and has led to allegations by opponents that it will result in more cases of problem gambling. The cartoonist has also noted that 'King Kong styles leaped to mind' Cory Mathis was the winner of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and the Listener's Young Cartoonist Competition in 2013. A photo-mechanical print of this cartoon as well as preparatory drawings are available and show the development of the Sky Tower and caricatures of John Key, see A-460-020-1/4. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1946

From: [Music programmes 1946].

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1946-01-03

Description: Photograph shows a large combined children's choir standing in fornt of the organ in the Auckland Town Hall. Extended Title - From British Sailors' Society (N.Z.). Wellington Branch. Souvenir of four festivals, September 9, 10, 11 1946, page [3 Physical Description: Offset print on page, 143 x 222 mm.

Date: 1918

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to ANZAC events in New Zealand and overseas, as anniversaries of the landing at Anzac Cove]

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-ANZAC-1918-01

Description: Programme front cover includes the crest of the Returned Soldiers' Association, quotations from poems by Robert Burns and Laurence Housman, and an illustration of a soldier lying on his front in a field. The back cover remembers "New Zealand's heroic troops who took part in the Landing on Turkish soil at Gallipoli on the 25th of April 1915" and gives a quotation from a speech by the Dean of Westminster on the Anzacs. The inside spread has the words "Maoriland's welcome to her soldier boys, and the programme of the smoke concert with performers including Maughan Barnett (city organist), J H Gunson (Auckland mayor), Ernest Drake (songs), Mr Adams (xylophone solos), an address by Rt Rev Bishop Cleary, J Wallace Atkinson (songs), toasts by W B Leyland and W A Beddoe. The whole programme is covered inside and out with autographs in pencil. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and holographs on folded programme, 242 x 100 mm.