Kaiapoi General Assembly election. Grand Jubilee concert!! For one day only! Positively the last! Here we are again! ... Bowen 414, Beswick 235 / Printed at the Office of the Press Company, Cashel Street, Christchurch, [1875].

Kaiapoi General Assembly election. Grand Jubilee concert!! For one day only! Positively the last! Here we are again! ... Bowen 414, Beswick 235 / Printed at the Office of the Press Company, Cashel Street, Christchurch, [1875].
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Date
1875
By
Christchurch Press Company Ltd
Reference
Eph-E-POLITICS-1875-01
Description

Text purports to give the programme for a concert starring Bowen and Beswick. However, it is a satirical political poster commenting on two of the contestants for the Kaiapoi seat in the 1875 general election, Charles Bowen and Joseph Beswick. The election coincided with the 25th jubilee of the Canterbury Province. Bowen won, but not by as large a margin as the poster predicted.

"Songs" featured in the concert include "Charlie is my darling", "How many legs has a sheep", "Not for Joseph", "Kaiapoi was glad when they departed".

Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster..

Physical Description: Letterpress print, 885 x 190 mm.

Additional description

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

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster., Ephemera, Letterpress works, Posters, Political posters, Letterpress print, 885 x 190 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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