We the undersigned RETAIL STORE KEEPERS, at the request of those in our employment, Agree, on and after 1st April, to close our respective places of business at 7 o'clock, P.M. Saturdays excepted, during the WINTER MONTHS, viz from 1st April to 1st October. 28th March, 1850.

We the undersigned RETAIL STORE KEEPERS, at the request of those in our employment, Agree, on and after 1st April, to close our respective places of business at 7 o'clock, P.M. Saturdays excepted, during the WINTER MONTHS, viz from 1st April to 1st October. 28th March, 1850.
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Date
1850
Reference
Eph-B-RETAIL-1850-01
Description

Lists 31 retail storekeepers (mainly operating in Lambton Quay) who agreed to this closing time.: D.P M`Euen (linen draper), W. Hornbrook (general store), James M`Beth (grocer), R.J. Duncan (merchant), Richard Davis (grocer), Geo. P. Wallace (grocer), E. Stafford (tailor), J.E. Watkin (ironmonger), George Mace (linen draper), H. Read (tinman), John Cook (tailor), John Fraser (linen draper and haircutter), Thomas Mills (ironmonger), J. Burne (linen draper), J. Masters (straw bonnet maker), Geo. Waters (general store), William Lyon (bookseller), James Blyth (general store), Langdon & Spinks (grocer), S. Robinson (linen draper), D. Anderson (general store), E. Cording (general store), George Levy (general store), W. Rowlands (general store), T. Warburton (fancy goods), Johnson & Moore (general store), James Taine (grocer), J. Curtis (linen draper), Samuel & Joseph (merchants), J. Harding (ironmonger), J. M`Beth (grocer).

Exhibited in 'To market, to market: advertising and commercial ephemera from the Printed Ephemera Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibited at the National Library of New Zealand, 5 August - 16 September 1997.

Many of the listed retailers operated in Lambton Quay in 1850-51.

Other Titles - Poster

Inscriptions: Recto - (Handwritten in ink after each signatory's name): [type of shop].

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Woodblock, 327 x 220 mm.

Additional description

Alternative form available: File print and colour transparency in Ephemera Room.

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[Miscellaneous ephemera related to selling and advertising of merchandise in retail outlets. 1800s] / [Miscellaneous ephemera related to selling and advertising of merchandise in retail outlets. 1800s]
Format
1 b&w art print(s), Ephemera, Letterpress works, Advertisements, Woodblock, 327 x 220 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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We the undersigned RETAIL STORE KEEPERS, at the request of those in our employment, Agree, on and after 1st April, to close our respective places of business at 7 o'clock, P.M. Saturdays excepted, during the WINTER MONTHS, viz from 1st April to 1st October. 28th March, 1850.. [Miscellaneous ephemera related to selling and advertising of merchandise in retail outlets. 1800s]. Ref: Eph-B-RETAIL-1850-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22308484

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